bpo-31487: Improve f-strings documentation (GH-3604) (GH-3619)

miss-islington · Mariatta · commit 46c1052404c1 · 2017-09-16T12:01:32.000-07:00
Provide additional examples of using format specifiers in f-strings Added examples for using integer and date format specifiers. (cherry picked from commit f361897)
diff --git 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
