Re: Dynamic Zero Padding.

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From	Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com>
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Subject	Re: Dynamic Zero Padding.
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Date	Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:43:19 -0400
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Friedrich Clausen wrote:
> I want to print some integers in a zero padded fashion, eg. :
> 
>>>> print("Testing %04i" % 1)
> Testing 0001
> 
> but the padding needs to be dynamic eg. sometimes %05i, %02i or some
> other padding amount. But I can't insert a variable into the format
> specification to achieve the desirable padding.
> 
> I would be much obliged if someone can give me some tips on how to
> achieve a variably pad a number.

:)

('%%0%dd' % (pads,)) % (n,)

Probably be good to wrap it in a function.  It looks kind of obscure as it 
is.

	Mel.

Thread

Dynamic Zero Padding. Friedrich Clausen <fred@derf.nl> - 2011-06-07 23:36 +0200
  Re: Dynamic Zero Padding. Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-06-07 17:43 -0400
    Re: Dynamic Zero Padding. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 09:26 +1000
    Re: Dynamic Zero Padding. Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-07 22:56 -0400
    Re: Dynamic Zero Padding. Friedrich Clausen <fred@derf.nl> - 2011-06-08 09:00 +0200
  Re: Dynamic Zero Padding. harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-06-07 16:55 -0500

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