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String Output Width and Precision

from math import pi

print '%10f' % pi      # Field width 10

print '%10.2f' % pi    # Field width 10, precision 2

print '%.2f' % pi      # Precision 2

print '%.5s' % 'Guido van Rossum'


print '%.*s' % (5, 'Guido van Rossum')
           
       

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