On Dec 2, 4:41 pm, "John Posner" <jjpos...@optimum.net> wrote: > Goal: place integer 456 flush-right in a field of width 8 > > Py2: "%%%dd" % 8 % 456 > Py3: "{0:{1}d}".format(456, 8) > > With str.format(), you don't need to nest one formatting operation within > another. A little less mind-bending, and every little bit helps!
Or even "{:{}d}".format(456, 8), in 3.1 and 2.7 (when it appears). But you can do this with % formatting, too. In either 2.x or 3.x: >>> "%*d" % (8, 456) ' 456' -- Mark -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list