On Jun 8, 10:40 am, Sean Farrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi:
> I have the folling code:
> def parseTime(self, time):
> minutes =int(float(time)/60)
> seconds =int(float(time)-minutes*60)
> minutes =str(minutes)
> seconds =str(minutes)
> the statements that convert the minutes and seconds variables
> str(minutes) and str(seconds) don't seem to be working.
> Any idea why?
> is there any other way of doing this and perhaps using the $d
> interpolation operator?
> sean.
The divmod builtin function is your friend here.
def parseTime(time):
seconds = float(time)
minutes,seconds = divmod(seconds,60)
return "%02d:%06.3f" % (minutes,seconds) # just guessing
divmod divides the first argument by the second, and returns the tuple
(quotient,remainder).
-- Paul
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