From cff5f368ee56932205e6dd7f029f35a538660393 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 1nftf Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:56:12 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] gh-142019: Add description about the exponent of result formatted with presentation type 'e' (GH-142084) (cherry picked from commit e27f76b6fe9340d9c92571a83e3e91baf52d140b) Co-authored-by: 1nftf --- Doc/library/string.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index 58c836c7382330..e3ad018d1d073b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -546,6 +546,9 @@ The available presentation types for :class:`float` and | | :class:`float`, and shows all coefficient digits | | | for :class:`~decimal.Decimal`. If ``p=0``, the decimal | | | point is omitted unless the ``#`` option is used. | + | | | + | | For :class:`float`, the exponent always contains at | + | | least two digits, and is zero if the value is zero. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | ``'E'`` | Scientific notation. Same as ``'e'`` except it uses | | | an upper case 'E' as the separator character. |