On Sunday 26 June 2011 17:15:14 Alan Gauld wrote: > "Lisi" <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote > Umm, nearly... > The format string contains format specifiers. They are not variables. > The specifiers define the type of data to be inserted into the string > as well as how the data will be formatted - hence the name. > > So you can specify how many decimal places for a float, whether > numbers have leadig zeros, whether text is righ or left justified and > more.
> HTH, Definitely. I am very grateful. I have been unclear about this for some time and _think_that I have at last got it. The things I asked questions about were the things I either knew or thought that I had got wrong. I kept hoping that context would make things clear in the end, as indeed it often does. But on this subject it clearly didn't. So thanks for all the help. Lisi _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
