Russ wrote:
> I'd like to get output formatting for my own classes that mimics the
> built-in output formatting. For example,
>
>
>>>>x = 4.54
>>>>print "%4.2f" % x
>
>
> 4.54
>
> In other words, if I substitute a class instance for "x" above, I'd
> like to make the format string apply to an element or elements of the
> instance. Is that possible? If so, how? Thanks.
I believe implementing the special method __float__ on your class
should be sufficient.
class X:
def __float__(self):
return 3.14
>>> print '%f' % X()
3.140000
-Peter
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