* Jim Byrnes <jf_byr...@comcast.net> [2013-06-22 16:01]: > I need to convert a series of digits like 060713 to a string so I can > make it look like a date 06-07-13. > > >>> a = 060713 > >>> a[:2] > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > TypeError: 'int' object has no attribute '__getitem__' > >>> b = str(a) > >>> b[:2] > '25' > >>> b > '25035' > >>> > > I was confused at first but then realized that the 0 makes it octal. I > thought str() would do it but it didn't. Reading about str() it talks of > string representation. So how can I convert it to a true string I can > slice and build my date look a like?
Is there a requirement to store them as numbers in the first place? Why not just store them as a string? a = '060713' -- David Rock da...@graniteweb.com
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