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1 digit number 2 to 3 digit number 002

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1 digit number 2 to 3 digit number 002

Nov 6th, 2009

Hi all, I have found some examples on the net but was not able to use the technique..

here is what I would like to do.

tst = 2
numOfDigits = 3
# change this to
tst2 = 002

Any help is appreciated.
Thank you.

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>>> print “z is (%6d)” % 175
z is ( 175)
>>> print “z is (%06d)” % 175
z is (000175)

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Nov 6th, 2009

You can use one of the built-in string functions ...

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n = 2
digits = 3
ns = str(n).rjust(digits, '0')
 
print(ns)  # 002
n = 2
digits = 3
ns = str(n).rjust(digits, '0')

print(ns)  # 002

Last edited by vegaseat; Nov 6th, 2009 at 12:45 am.

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Nov 6th, 2009

You can also use format

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message = "z's value is {z:0{digits}n}".format(z=2, digits=3)
print(message)
message = "z's value is {z:0{digits}n}".format(z=2, digits=3)
print(message)

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Nov 6th, 2009

Thank you vegaseat and gribouillis. That's exactly what I wanted to know. I'm using vegaseat's method for now.

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There is an even more specific string function ....

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n = 2
digits = 3
ns = str(n).zfill(digits)
 
print(ns)  # 002
n = 2
digits = 3
ns = str(n).zfill(digits)

print(ns)  # 002