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ericvsmith · ericvsmith · commit 2b1a11655183 · 2010-04-06T14:57:57.000Z
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  r79826 | eric.smith | 2010-04-06 10:30:15 -0400 (Tue, 06 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Fixed PEP 378 example.
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ mini-language used by the string :meth:`format` method.  When
 formatting a floating-point number, simply include a comma between the
 width and the precision::
 
-   >>> '{:20,.2}'.format(f)
+   >>> '{:20,.2f}'.format(18446744073709551616.0)
    '18,446,744,073,709,551,616.00'
 
 This mechanism is not adaptable at all; commas are always used as the
