Dynamic Zero Padding.

Date	2011-06-07 23:36 +0200
Subject	Dynamic Zero Padding.
From	Friedrich Clausen <fred@derf.nl>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.1.1307482621.11593.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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Hello All,

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.

Cheers,

Fred.

Thanks,

Fred.

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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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