float print formatting

[Neil Cerutti]

On 2007-02-13, hg <hg at nospam.org> wrote:
> Neil Cerutti wrote:
>
>> On 2007-02-13, hg <hg at nospam.org> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Considering the float 0.0, I would like to print 00.00.
>>>
>>> I tried '%02.02f' % 0.0 ... but I get 0.00
>>>
>>> Any clue ?
>> 
>> Yes. How wide (total) is "0.00", compared to "00.00"?
>> 
>> --
>> Neil Cerutti
>
> I do not get it
>
> s = '%02.02f' % 0.0

The first number after the percent is the minimum width specifier
for the ENTIRE field.

> s
>>> '0.00'
> len(s)
>>> 4

It is the MINIMUM width specifier for the entire field.

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