quick question about %02.3f format specifier - that should left pad zeros to the left of the comma sign, and have 3 digits afterwards, like here formatting - 'printf' with leading zeros in C - Stack Overflow julia> @printf("%02.3f" ,π) 3.142 # I wanted 03.142

@printf not consistent with C printf?

ess3sq July 6, 2021, 9:13am 2

Try @printf "%06.3f" π (the field size specifiers seems to indicate the min length of the entire stringified float, not the integer part…), which I find unexpected too.

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@printf not consistent with C printf?

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