translate"><span class="pre">'}'</span></code>. The presence of a fill character is signaled by the character following
it, which must be one of the alignment options. If the second character of
<em>format_spec</em> is not a valid alignment option, then it is assumed that both the
fill character and the alignment option are absent.</p>
<p>The meaning of the various alignment options is as follows:</p>
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