Quick: Format Specs in %

[Fernando Pérez]

Philip Swartzleonard wrote:

> 
> '%2f' % some_number pads the number with 2 blank spaces
> '%.2f' % some_number fixes the number to 2 decimal places
> 
> the problem:
> '%2.2f' % some_number only does the second of those two things. I need
> both. I tried looking up the % operator in the index of the language
> reference, but couldn't find it.
> 

For those quick questions, there's nothing like the PQR:

http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/python/PQR2.1.html

I actually keep a local copy permanently open while developing (it's a longish 
document to download every time). Combined with opera's incremental search in 
page (a la emacs), I typically find everything I need for such details in a 
few seconds.

I hope the author has time to update it to 2.2 sometime.

Cheers,

f.