[plug] [OT] Adding leading zeros in python

[rpowersau at gmail.com]

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:10:46 +0800, James Devenish
<devenish at guild.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> In message <20041221085535.GD25656 at patrick.wattle.id.au>
> on Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 04:55:35PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> > Try 'file%.2d' (note the decimal point).
> 
> Hmmm, I think 'file%02d' would be better practice to teach. And it
> can be combined with floating-point precision if you want it (e.g.
> 'file%05.2f').

Yup, that worked.  :)

How do they differ? What's the advantage of one over the other? Is one
obsoleted?

Thanks.

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Regards,
Russ