From: Pete Wicken <2273100+JamoBox@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 05:53:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: bpo-38657: Clarify numeric padding behaviour in string formatting (GH-17036)
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bpo-38657: Clarify numeric padding behaviour in string formatting (GH-17036)



Make the definition of the width more explicit that it includes any
extra signs added by other options.


https://bugs.python.org/issue38657



Automerge-Triggered-By: @Mariatta
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diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index e2983db1ac83..89c169a512b5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -415,8 +415,9 @@ error.
 .. versionchanged:: 3.6
    Added the ``'_'`` option (see also :pep:`515`).
 
-*width* is a decimal integer defining the minimum field width.  If not
-specified, then the field width will be determined by the content.
+*width* is a decimal integer defining the minimum total field width,
+including any prefixes, separators, and other formatting characters.
+If not specified, then the field width will be determined by the content.
 
 When no explicit alignment is given, preceding the *width* field by a zero
 (``'0'``) character enables