What is the difference between width and precision in Python string format in case of strings -

What is the difference between width and precision in Python string format in case of strings -

what difference between width , precision in python string format in case of strings?

i mean smth this

'%5.5s'

precision interpreted maximum length, width minimum length:

>>> '%5.5s' % 'foobar' 'fooba' >>> '%5.3s' % 'foobar' ' foo' >>> '%3.5s' % 'foobar' 'fooba'

foobar truncated fit in 5 , 3 character maximum length, respectively. truncated string fit 5 , 3 character wide column (which can overflow).

python python-2.7