From f3618970690b08ed88e430ba8017859b4fafc3f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mariatta Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 11:46:43 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Improve f-strings documentation (GH-3604) Provide additional examples of using format specifiers in f-strings Added examples for using integer and date format specifiers. --- Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst index 1a7c6f9c753..baf1f09dff2 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst @@ -676,6 +676,12 @@ Some examples of formatted string literals:: >>> value = decimal.Decimal("12.34567") >>> f"result: {value:{width}.{precision}}" # nested fields 'result: 12.35' + >>> today = datetime(year=2017, month=1, day=27) + >>> f"{today:%b %d, %Y}" # using date format specifier + 'January 27, 2017' + >>> number = 1024 + >>> f"{number:#0x}" # using integer presentation type as format specifier + '0x400' A consequence of sharing the same syntax as regular string literals is that characters in the replacement fields must not conflict with the