From: Eric V. Smith Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:51:54 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Issue #17728: Specify default precision for float.format for presentation types e... X-Git-Tag: v2.7.5~62 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=12ec99d8522ebb53d9afd96421fefb38cfdca749;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Issue #17728: Specify default precision for float.format for presentation types e, f, and g. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index b2717a026ea3..8dabbf3c3695 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -453,12 +453,13 @@ The available presentation types for floating point and decimal values are: +=========+==========================================================+ | ``'e'`` | Exponent notation. Prints the number in scientific | | | notation using the letter 'e' to indicate the exponent. | + | | The default precision is ``6``. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | ``'E'`` | Exponent notation. Same as ``'e'`` except it uses an | | | upper case 'E' as the separator character. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | ``'f'`` | Fixed point. Displays the number as a fixed-point | - | | number. | + | | number. The default precision is ``6``. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | ``'F'`` | Fixed point. Same as ``'f'``. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ @@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ The available presentation types for floating point and decimal values are: | | the precision. | | | | | | A precision of ``0`` is treated as equivalent to a | - | | precision of ``1``. | + | | precision of ``1``. The default precision is ``6``. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | ``'G'`` | General format. Same as ``'g'`` except switches to | | | ``'E'`` if the number gets too large. The |