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13 Dec 2022

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12 Dec 2022

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Wrong explanation of the "f" inside "autopct" argument

Hi,
In this lecture, the explanation of formatting percentage for each slice in the pie chart with

autopct = '%.2f%%'

argument mentions that the ".2" part is for 2 decimal places after the dot and "f%" for the percent symbol. I'm afraid that's not right. This instead has to do with Python's format string which defines the "f" to be a float descriptor for a number and the preceding ".2" defines the constraint on that number, that is, the part ".2f" represents that the number in this place will have 2 digits after the decimal symbol and the "%" will be printed like any other printable character in Python. Then the first and the last "%" symbol indicates the text given in autopct argument as a value should be considered as the active math-text format and follow the rules for that math-text formatting system.

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Posted on:

13 Dec 2022

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Hi Md Abdur,
thanks for reaching out! We'll implement your feedback and revise the course materials as soon as possible.

Best,
365 Eli

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