On Feb 6, 2014, at 11:12 PM, Scott W Dunning wrote: > what exactly is the “%d:%02d”% saying?
Python uses string format specifiers similar to C's printf() %d means, "convert an integer to a decimal string" %2d means the same, plus, "make the result 2 columns wide" and, finally, %02d means, "and, if it would normally be less than 2 columns, zero-pad it on the left". So, putting that all together, we've got: "%d" --> decimal integer ":" --> a literal ":" "%02d" --> another decimal integer, this time zero-padded to two columns > > > > On Feb 6, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > >> In article <mailman.6467.1391736132.18130.python-l...@python.org>, >> Scott W Dunning <swdunn...@cox.net> wrote: >> >>> I am having trouble figuring out how to remove spacesŠ. >>> >>> Assume variables exist for minutes and seconds. Each variable is an >>> integer. >>> How would you create a string in the format, >>> >>> 3:11 >>> >>> with no spaces. where 3 is minutes and 11 is seconds. >>> >>> >>> Obviously when IŠ >>> >>> print minutes, ³:², seconds >>> >>> I get 3 : 11 >>> >>> how can I get it to print with no spaces? >>> >>> 3:11 >> >> print "%d:%02d" % (minutes, seconds) >> >> The "02" for the seconds specifier makes sure you get exactly two >> digits, with a leading zero if needed. >> -- >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Roy Smith r...@panix.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
