hex(dummy)[2:] - issue...

[Tim Chase]

> I need some advice :-)
> I'm using hex(dummy)[2:] to represent a color in hexadecimal format for 
> the bgcolor in an html file. dummy is the color value in RGB of course...
> 
> Now, if there's an R, G or B value of zero, this command only prints one 
> single 0 instead of two. What's wrong with the code?

You can try

  PLACES = 2 # 6?
  hex(dummy)[2:].zfill(PLACES)

Alternatively, you can output decimal numbers in HTML/CSS with

   rgb(r, g, b)

such as

   style="rgb(255,0,0)"

However, I recommend doing this via CSS unless you have a strong 
reason to sully your HTML with style information.

-tkc