On 16 Mar, 13:20, Alexander Eisenhuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello alltogether, > > is it possible to format stings with fixed width of let's say 7 character. T > need a floating point with 3 chars before dot, padded with ' ' and 3 chars > after > dot, padded with '0'. > > Followingh is my approach > >>> f = 21.1 > >>> s = "%.03f" % f > >>> s > '21.100' > > But there are missing ' '. How can I get that? (For bigger numbers than 999 > they > might be cut: 1021 -> 021)
You can use something like this: >> print '%7.03f' % 21.1 ' 21.100' However, this will only make the string at *least* 7 long. If the length of the number exceeds this, you'll end up with it even longer; for instance: >> print '%7.03f' % 2123123121.1 '2123123121.100' >From your example about 'cutting' it, it looks like you just might be able to take the last 7 chars from it using [-7:] hth Jon. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list