Python Mystery Theatre -- Episode 2: Así Fue

[Robin Becker]

In article <6qvfu4jgh1.fsf at salmakis.intevation.de>, Bernhard Herzog
<bh at intevation.de> writes
>"Raymond Hettinger" <vze4rx4y at verizon.net> writes:
>
>> [Jason Trowbridge]
>> > Act I
>> > I didn't know that python formatting could do that!  I've always
>> > treated it like C's printf-style of statements, as that seems to be
>> > what it's primarily based off.
>> 
>> That's why this one was included.
>> Hope everyone learned something new.
>
>C's printf can do this too. At least the one in the GNU libc can. It's
>docs don't say anything about this being a GNU extension so I guess it
>can be found in other libcs as well, though probably not in all.
>
>   Bernhard
>
I know that it's in microsoft

the print width description contains

'''If the width specification is an asterisk (*), an int argument from
the argument list supplies the value. The width argument must precede
the value being formatted in the argument list. A nonexistent or small
field width does not cause the truncation of a field; if the result of a
conversion is wider than the field width, the field expands to contain
the conversion result.'''
-- 
Robin Becker