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bug: printf panic again with '%d' & '%f' second time

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Hi, uutils mainateners

the first panic of printf fixed, but still panics using '%111111.1d' or with '%111111.1f'

thread 'main' (71203) panicked at src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/num_format.rs:739:17:
Formatting argument out of range
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

that is a another line of code have that problem and needs to be fixed, both result on a panic

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Reproduce the panic with printf using '%111111.1d' and '%111111.1f', then inspect src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/num_format.rs around line 739. Trace the formatting path for both cases and confirm that neither input panics once the out-of-range handling is corrected.

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rust
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cli
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Bug
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