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

Like this:

num = 60 
formatted_num = u'%05d' % num

See the docs for more information about formatting numbers as strings.

If your number is already a string (as your updated question indicates), you can pad it with zeros to the right width using the rjust string method:

num = u'60'
formatted_num = num.rjust(5, u'0')