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formatting string in python using format

There is code:

xor = 127002634777471167503839844242873650079
print '{0:x}'.format(xor)
print format(xor, 'x')

Can anyone explain what two last strings means? How 5f8bd156f9e50e5381ab282ba2000b9f is generated from xor variable?

Solution

  • That's because this is the Hexa representation of your number.

    You can set it to .2f (double in normal (fixed-point) notation), for example:

    xor = 127002634777471167503839844242873650079
print '{0:.2f}'.format(xor)
print format(xor, '.2f')

    Or using .2g (double in either normal or exponential notation, This type differs slightly from fixed-point notation in that insignificant zeroes to the right)

    print '{0:.2g}'.format(xor)

    You can read more about the type field (.2f and .3g) in here