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Subject: Re: .format won't display my value with 2 decimal places: Why?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:30:55 -0500
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On Mon, Jan 25, 2016, at 12:19, MRAB wrote:
> Do you really want to insist that the format string always used _all_ of 
> the arguments?

Um, yes? Why on earth _wouldn't_ you want to insist that?