On 12 October 2003 23:36, Eugene Lee wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 03:23:53AM +1000, Wang Feng wrote:
> >
> > "1. An optional padding specifier that says what character will be
> > used for padding the results to the right string size. This may be
> > a space character or a 0 (zero character). The default is to pad
> > with spaces. An alternate padding character can be specified by
> > prefixing it with a single quote ('). See the examples below." "3.
> > An optional number, a width specifier that says how many characters
> > (minimum) this conversion should result in." ----
> > http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php
> >
> > Assume that $price=.65; then the "%0.2f" yields 0.65.
> >
> > If we follow what the manual says, then can you tell me what the 0
> > is used for? Is it a (optional) paddinng spcifier OR is it a
> > (optional) width specifier OR both? And why does it yiled 0.65
> > rather than .65?
> >
> > (The manual doesn't explain things clear, man.)
>
> The PHP manual is vague in several sections. I wonder how bug
> reports get submitted for it?
http://bugs.php.net/report.php and select "Documentation problem" from the
"Type of bug" drop-down. (But read the bug-reporting guidelines at
http://php.bugs.php.net/ first!)
Cheers!
Mike
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