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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2011-02-07 12:13:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2011-02-07 12:13:58 +0000 |
| commit | ca583b66c8debea9b083470f9fc3b8ab0589082b (patch) | |
| tree | f3b90e394029148d08b29c4b41952a31f8e0ea97 /Doc/library/string.rst | |
| parent | a5770aa9ca344a038fee4f13b5f1334d5bec98c9 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-ca583b66c8debea9b083470f9fc3b8ab0589082b.tar.gz | |
#8691: document that right alignment is default for numbers.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index 4b6a6747a4..d45eb36923 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -310,10 +310,10 @@ The meaning of the various alignment options is as follows: | Option | Meaning | +=========+==========================================================+ | ``'<'`` | Forces the field to be left-aligned within the available | - | | space (this is the default). | + | | space (this is the default for most objects). | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | ``'>'`` | Forces the field to be right-aligned within the | - | | available space. | + | | available space (this is the default for numbers). | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | ``'='`` | Forces the padding to be placed after the sign (if any) | | | but before the digits. This is used for printing fields | |