left padding zeroes on a string...

[Peter Hansen]

cjl wrote:
> Hey all:
> 
> I want to convert strings (ex. '3', '32') to strings with left padded
> zeroes (ex. '003', '032'), so I tried this:
> 
> string1 = '32'
> string2 = "%03s" % (string1)

string1.zfill(3)

-Peter