On 1月27日, 上午1时02分, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to write a simple program that will accept an integral > "time" input in the HHMMSS format and output a "HH:MM:SS" form. My > code is as follows: > ======================== > import string > > def FormatTime(time): > '''Converts an HHMMSS string to HH:MM:SS format.''' > > timeString = str(time) #converts the num to string > > hours = [timeString[0], timeString[1]] > minutes = [timeString[2], timeString[3]] > seconds = [timeString[4], timeString[5]] > > Ftime = "%s:%s:%s",(hours,minutes,seconds) > clock = Ftime.join() > > return clock > =========================== > > when I run it from IDLE, I get this: > > >>> Format.FormatTime(time) > > ['1', '1', ':', '2', '2', ':', '3', '3'] > ['1', '1', ':', '2', '2', ':', '3', '3'] > > My questions- > 1) Why is this function printing out twice? > 2)It may be a formatting issue, but I want to have the output as > "HH:MM:SS", rather than having it broken out into each cell. I > thought the 'join' command would do this, but I must not be using it > properly/understanding something. > 3)as a side note, I've noticed that the parameter "time" passed in > must be passed in as a string, otherwise I receive an error that > "time" is unsubscriptable. Am I unable to pass in an int and then > convert it to a string within the function with str()? > > I've been at this for a while, so I may not be able to see the forest > through the trees at this point. I'd greatly appreciate any > suggestions or instruction on these mistakes. > > Best, > > Jimmy
import string def FormatTime(time): '''Converts an HHMMSS string to HH:MM:SS format.''' timeString = "%06d" % (time, ) #converts the num to string return timeString[:2] + ":" + timeString[2:4] + ":" + timeString[4:]; this works -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
