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Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 09:26:40 +1000
Subject: Re: Dynamic Zero Padding.
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> wrote:
> :)
>
> ('%%0%dd' % (pads,)) % (n,)
>
> Probably be good to wrap it in a function. =A0It looks kind of obscure as=
 it
> is.

Would get rather pretty (read: ugly and impossible to read) if you
wanted to put a literal percent sign in front of the number.

:)

Chris Angelico