Setting fixed length with python

Question

I have str that are like \'60\' or \'100\'. I need the str to be \'00060\' and \'00100\',

How can i do this? code is something like this: I was using \'0\'+\'0\'+

Answer 1

Since you are manipulating strings, str.zfill() does exactly what you want.

>>> s1, s2 = '60', '100'
>>> print s1.zfill(5), s2.zfill(5)
00060 00100