"cjl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all: > > I want to convert strings (ex. '3', '32') to strings with left padded > zeroes (ex. '003', '032'), so I tried this: > > string1 = '32' > string2 = "%03s" % (string1) > print string2 > > >32 > > This doesn't work.
Actually in this case string2 is padded with spaces, instead of zeros. >If I cast string1 as an int it works: > > string1 = '32' > int2 = "%03d" % (int(string1)) > print int2 > > >032 > > Of course, I need to cast the result back to a string to use it. Why > doesn't the first example work? That's not correct; int2 is a string so you can use it directly (and probably rename it to something more appropriate). > -cjl Regards, George ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence." Sun Tzu, 'The Art of War' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
