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Gabriel
Gabriel

Reputation: 42329

.format() returns ValueError when using {0:g} to remove trailing zeros

I'm trying to generate a string that involves an occasional float with trailing zeros. This is a MWE of the text string and my attempt at removing them with {0:g}:

xn, cod = 'r', 'abc'
ccl = [546.3500, 6785.35416]
ect = [12.350, 13.643241]

text = '${}_{{t}} = {0:g} \pm {0:g}\;{}$'.format(xn, ccl[0], ect[0], cod)
print text

Unfortunately this returns:

ValueError: cannot switch from automatic field numbering to manual field specification

This question Using .format() to format a list with field width arguments reported on the same issue but I can't figure out how to apply the answer given there to this problem.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 6362

Answers (1)

unutbu
unutbu

Reputation: 879491

{} uses automatic field numbering. {0:g} uses manual field numbering.

Don't mix the two. If you are going to use manual field numbering, use it everywhere:

text = '${0}_{{t}} = {1:g} \pm {2:g}\;{3}$'.format(xn, ccl[0], ect[0], cod)

Upvotes: 14

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