Shouldn't %06s zero-pad a string?

[Byron Morgan]

Doesn't seem to be a limitation, since you can easily get the desired zeroes
with zfill().

>>> '%s' % 'a'.zfill(6)
'00000a'


"Hans Nowak" <wurmy at earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3E4C6640.2030601 at earthlink.net...
> Beat Bolli wrote:
>
> > Jeff Epler wrote:
> >
> >> so "the behavior is undefined" when the s conversion is used.
> >> The treatment of 0 as " " (space) seems fairly useful, though.
> >>
> > That's all fine, but the *Python* manual mentions no such limitation.
> > Wouldn't be simpler to handle all cases consistently?
>
> Padding a string with zeroes doesn't make a lot of sense.  Padding it with
> spaces seems more useful.  Practicality beats purity, and all that.
>
> > Still-wondering-whether-to-file-a-bug-ly yours
>
> I suppose you could file a documentation bug... a request to mention this
> behavior in the documentation.
>
> Cheers,
>
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