[Tutor] A file containing a string of 1 billion random digits.

[ALAN GAULD]

Wikipedia is a little more helpful but not Python oriented:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf#printf_format_placeholders

 
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn To Program website
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/




----- Original Message ----
> From: Richard D. Moores <rdmoores at gmail.com>
> To: ALAN GAULD <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>
> Cc: tutor at python.org
> Sent: Monday, 19 July, 2010 18:07:47
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] A file containing a string of 1 billion random digits.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 09:58, ALAN GAULD <
> ymailto="mailto:alan.gauld at btinternet.com" 
> href="mailto:alan.gauld at btinternet.com">alan.gauld at btinternet.com> 
> wrote:
> Heres what I did:
> Search Google for "Python format 
> strings" and from the first link click
> on String Formatting operations 
> in the contents pane:
>
> 
> href="http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting-operations" 
> target=_blank 
> >http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting-operations
>
> 
> Read item number 4.

"4. Minimum field width (optional). If specified as 
> an '*' (asterisk),
the actual width is read from the next element of the 
> tuple in values,
and the object to convert comes after the minimum field 
> width and
optional precision."

Now that just screams for about a dozen 
> well-designed illustrative
examples, don't you think?

Thanks, 
> Alan.