Formatted Integer With Specified Number Of Digits
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Oct 2025 07:26:44 -0000 (UTC)
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Formatting an integer with 3 digits, excluding base specifier:
>>> "%#0.3x" % 2
'0x002'
No equivalent to this in any of the other ways that Python allows for
formatting:
>>> format(2, "#03x")
'0x2'
(Not what I want)
>>> format(2, "#0.3x")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<python-input-10>", line 1, in <module>
format(2, "#0.3x")
~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
ValueError: Precision not allowed in integer format specifier
>>> "{:#03x}".format(2)
'0x2'
(Not what I want)
>>> "{:#0.3x}".format(2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<python-input-13>", line 1, in <module>
"{:#0.3x}".format(2)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^
ValueError: Precision not allowed in integer format specifier
Why not?