Dynamic Zero Padding.

Tue Jun 7 17:43:19 EDT 2011

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.