pass # modifier to f & g formats

clean

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 set nonomatch
-rm -rf generated_settings
+rm -rf generated_settings .tox
 rm -rf .cache
 
 # the rest is common to all python directories

doc/user.rst

@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ provides many of the most common conversions for you:
     93.206 Mmiles
 
 
-Specifying Quantities
-.....................
+Creating Quantities
+...................
 
 Normally, creating a :class:`Quantity` takes one or two arguments.  The first is 
 taken to be the value, and the second, if given, is taken to be the model, which 
@@ -683,14 +683,22 @@ If you are interested in the units of a quantity, you can use:
     >>> h_line.units
     'Hz'
 
-Or you can access both the value and the units, either as a tuple or in 
-a string:
+Or you can access both the value and the units as a tuple:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
     >>> h_line.as_tuple()
     (1420405751.786, 'Hz')
 
+
+Rendering Quantities
+....................
+
+Rendering a quantity convert it to a string.  There are many ways to do so.
+Using *str* renders using default settings:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
     >>> str(h_line)
     '1.4204 GHz'
 

quantiphy/quantiphy.py

@@ -2587,11 +2587,11 @@ def format(self, template=''):
         # code {{{3
         match = FORMAT_SPEC.match(template)
         if match:
-            align, alt_form, width, comma, prec, ftype, units = match.groups()
+            align, use_alt_form, width, comma, prec, ftype, units = match.groups()
             scale = units if units else None
             prec = int(prec) if prec else None
             ftype = ftype if ftype else ''
-            alt_form = dict(strip_zeros=False, strip_radix=False) if alt_form else {}
+            alt_form = dict(strip_zeros=False, strip_radix=False) if use_alt_form else {}
             if ftype and ftype in 'dnu':
                 if ftype == 'u':
                     value = scale if scale else self.units
@@ -2644,12 +2644,12 @@ def format(self, template=''):
                     ))
                 else:
                     value = float(self)
-                value = '{0:{1}.{2}{3}}'.format(value, comma, prec, ftype)
+                value = '{0:{4}{1}.{2}{3}}'.format(value, comma, prec, ftype, use_alt_form)
                 value = self._map_leading_sign(value)
                 value = self._map_sign(value)
                 width = width.lstrip('0')
                     # format function treats 0 as a padding rather than a width
-                if self.strip_zeros:
+                if alt_form.get("strip_zeros", self.strip_zeros):
                     if 'e' in value:
                         mantissa, exponent = value.split('e')
                         if '.' in mantissa:

tests/test_format.py

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ def test_format():
     assert '{:.0p}'.format(q) == '1420405752 Hz'
     assert '{:#.0q}'.format(q) == '1 GHz'
     assert '{:#.0p}'.format(q) == '1420405752. Hz'
+    assert '{:#.0f}'.format(q) == '1420405752.'
+    assert '{:#.3f}'.format(q) == '1420405751.786'
+    assert '{:.0g}'.format(q) == '1e+09'
+    assert '{:#.0g}'.format(q) == '1.e+09'
+    assert '{:#.3g}'.format(q) == '1.420e+09'
 
     q = Quantity('2ns')
     assert float(q) == 2e-9