Reputation: 518

Converting numbers that start with zeros

Can anyone explain the following to me please.

i = 700001
z = str(i % 100000)

z='1', but i want to z='00001'. How i can get it?

Upvotes: 1

Answers (4)

Reputation: 17636

z = '%05d'%(i % 100000)

Upvotes: 2

Reputation: 59583

>>> s = '1'
>>> s.rjust(5, '0')
'00001'

Upvotes: 2

Reputation: 336408

Another solution:

>>> z.zfill(5)
'00001'

Upvotes: 4

Reputation: 185972

Do this:

z = '{:05}'.format(i % 100000)

Upvotes: 6