Hi all, I am trying to write a simple program that will accept an integral "time" input in the HHMMSS format and output a "HH:MM:SS" form. My code is as follows: ======================== import string
def FormatTime(time): '''Converts an HHMMSS string to HH:MM:SS format.''' timeString = str(time) #converts the num to string hours = [timeString[0], timeString[1]] minutes = [timeString[2], timeString[3]] seconds = [timeString[4], timeString[5]] Ftime = "%s:%s:%s",(hours,minutes,seconds) clock = Ftime.join() return clock =========================== when I run it from IDLE, I get this: >>> Format.FormatTime(time) ['1', '1', ':', '2', '2', ':', '3', '3'] ['1', '1', ':', '2', '2', ':', '3', '3'] My questions- 1) Why is this function printing out twice? 2)It may be a formatting issue, but I want to have the output as "HH:MM:SS", rather than having it broken out into each cell. I thought the 'join' command would do this, but I must not be using it properly/understanding something. 3)as a side note, I've noticed that the parameter "time" passed in must be passed in as a string, otherwise I receive an error that "time" is unsubscriptable. Am I unable to pass in an int and then convert it to a string within the function with str()? I've been at this for a while, so I may not be able to see the forest through the trees at this point. I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions or instruction on these mistakes. Best, Jimmy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
