On 06/22/2013 05:10 PM, David Rock wrote:
* 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'
Yes. I am scripting data entry in a spreadsheet. I can enter the 6
numbers quite rapidly using the number pad but entering the " - "'s to
make it look like a date slows me down. So I thought I would let python
do that for me.
Regards, Jim
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