On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:37:02 -0700, rajesh kataraki wrote: > My requirement is I am using one variable ex. var = 5 which is > integer. > And this variable, I m using in some string. But I want this var > to be used as 005 again integer in this string. In [22]: '%03d' % 5 Out[22]: '005' Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch