On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:24:19 -0700, Larry Hudson <org...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>On 08/24/2014 08:12 AM, Seymore4Head wrote:
>[snip]
>> I almost moved, but I was looking at the print out again for this one:
>> print('%3d $%-13.2f $%-14.2f' % (count, payment, balance))
>>
>> I can't understand why the $%-13.2f is pushed against the first
>> column, but the $%-14.2f is not. It seems like the first case ignores
>> the leading 0s and the second case doesn't not.
>>
>
>Let's break down the %-13.2f format code for example...
>
>- Left justify (which was my original oversight)
>13 Total field width, ie. 13 characters wide (default filler is space)
>.2 Round to two decimal places -- that's 3 characters of the 13
> (the decimal point plus the 2-digit fraction)
>f The input is a floating point number
>
>So the last column follows the 13-character wide second column...
>(For illustration, I'm using '-' instead of the default space filler)
>
>[-] [-----------] [------------] <-- showing field widths
>-12 $123.45------- $15.00---------
>
>Notice, the first field is right-justified by default.
>(And that is not negative 12, the '-' is my pretend filler)
>
>Helpful?
>
> -=- Larry -=-
Yes it is.
Thanks
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