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| author | Jose Luis Duran <jlduran@gmail.com> | 2022-10-13 16:11:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org> | 2022-10-25 21:48:20 +0000 |
| commit | 7cfd67ce96d97c263c2c56c5c437426463467689 (patch) | |
| tree | 2d6ddfed443c61484abe3564d96af02ae8941f0b | |
| parent | 0efec50e9e08f76e9e9d6a024763ca0fe83ae1f2 (diff) | |
| download | src-7cfd67ce96d97c263c2c56c5c437426463467689.tar.gz src-7cfd67ce96d97c263c2c56c5c437426463467689.zip | |
strfmon(3): Fix # explanation
There's only one value that specifies the number of digits after the
decimal point (oh, sorry, the "radix character") the other specifies the
number before...
While here, add a little more info on the effects of using the #n value.
Obtained from: https://github.com/NetBSD/src/commit/d1dd1a086400ae719bde1f2c45938d9bc1d29e8b
Reviewed by: kib
PR: 267282
Github PR: #619
MFC after: 1 week
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.3 index d6dcf693b80e..27dbbe49071f 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.3 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 25, 2012 +.Dd October 26, 2022 .Dt STRFMON 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -98,7 +98,13 @@ By default, there is no minimum width. A .Sq Cm # sign followed by a decimal number specifying the maximum -expected number of digits after the radix character. +expected number of digits before the radix character. +When this option is used, values that do not exceed the +specified number of digits are formatted so they will be +correctly aligned with other values printed using the same +format. +This includes always leaving space for a possible sign +indicator, even if none is needed for a particular value. .It A .Sq Cm \&. |