Try the % operator with strings. For instance: "%03.d" % 5
py> "%03.d" % 5 '005' This operator, from what I have experienced, has the same properties as the unix printf. In python, I think its called "string formatting". James On Thursday 15 September 2005 20:33, Ed Hotchkiss wrote: > So I have a script, first part of a script that I am making to determine > each possible combination of IP addresses that are out there. > This part is just to get the end of the IP (the last 3 digits). So, they > are from 0 - 255. I just want to print 0 - 255, HOWEVER > If the number is only say ... 3, then I want mySet to be 003, not 3. I > need to add the zeros to the front. > My code is below - I guess that there is something to do with my variable > types etc. I am not used to the way that Python handles variable types so I > am kind of lost, can anyone help ... > > # Script to Evaluate every possible IP Address Combo > > # 9/15/05 > > def ZeroThrough255(): > > x = 0 > > while x <= 255: > > if len(x) == 1: > > mySet = '00' + str(x) > > elif len(x) == 2: > > mySet = '0' + str(x) > > else: > > mySet = x > > print mySet > > x +=1 > > ZeroThrough255() > > -------------------- > The file is also attached. -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
