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diff lispref/strings.texi @ 71960:1df664b7bac5
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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:11:20 +0000 |
parents | 797e05668794 |
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--- a/lispref/strings.texi Tue Jul 18 00:09:52 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/strings.texi Tue Jul 18 00:11:20 2006 +0000 @@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ @cindex field width @cindex padding - All the specification characters allow an optional ``width'', which + All the specification characters allow an optional ``width,'' which is a digit-string between the @samp{%} and the character. If the printed representation of the object contains fewer characters than this width, then it is padded. The padding is on the left if the @@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ nothing is inserted for positive numbers). This flag is ignored except for @samp{%d}, @samp{%e}, @samp{%f}, @samp{%g}. -The flag @samp{#} indicates ``alternate form''. For @samp{%o} it +The flag @samp{#} indicates ``alternate form.'' For @samp{%o} it ensures that the result begins with a 0. For @samp{%x} and @samp{%X} the result is prefixed with @samp{0x} or @samp{0X}. For @samp{%e}, @samp{%f}, and @samp{%g} a decimal point is always shown even if the