Python: Nicest way to pad zeroes to string

Strings:

>>> n = '4'
>>> print n.zfill(3)
>>> '004'

And for numbers:

>>> n = 4
>>> print '%03d' % n
>>> 004
>>> print "{0:03d}".format(4)  # python >= 2.6
>>> 004
>>> print("{0:03d}".format(4))  # python 3
>>> 004

String formatting documentation.

 

 

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