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I have to add leading zeros to a string of variable length - to always fit a certain length. And I have to use very simple python without control structures such as if statements or while/forloops. It can be hard coded.
E.g.
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
zero = "000"
rannumformat = (zero[0] + str(rannum))
print(rannumformat)
Do I need to use len() function as well?
python python-3.x
|
show 2 more comments
I have to add leading zeros to a string of variable length - to always fit a certain length. And I have to use very simple python without control structures such as if statements or while/forloops. It can be hard coded.
E.g.
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
zero = "000"
rannumformat = (zero[0] + str(rannum))
print(rannumformat)
Do I need to use len() function as well?
python python-3.x
1
Why can't you use zfill or format?
– Artyer
Mar 19 at 22:26
1
Do you want this string to be a specific length?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 19 at 22:27
1
You do not need to uselento add a leading zero to a string.
– wwii
Mar 19 at 22:27
1
What is the expected output?
– solarc
Mar 19 at 22:29
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I have to add leading zeros to a string of variable length - to always fit a certain length. And I have to use very simple python without control structures such as if statements or while/forloops. It can be hard coded.
E.g.
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
zero = "000"
rannumformat = (zero[0] + str(rannum))
print(rannumformat)
Do I need to use len() function as well?
python python-3.x
I have to add leading zeros to a string of variable length - to always fit a certain length. And I have to use very simple python without control structures such as if statements or while/forloops. It can be hard coded.
E.g.
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
zero = "000"
rannumformat = (zero[0] + str(rannum))
print(rannumformat)
Do I need to use len() function as well?
python python-3.x
python python-3.x
edited Mar 22 at 13:46
Andreas Lorenzen
1,076412
1,076412
asked Mar 19 at 22:23
Bob SinghBob Singh
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91
1
Why can't you use zfill or format?
– Artyer
Mar 19 at 22:26
1
Do you want this string to be a specific length?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 19 at 22:27
1
You do not need to uselento add a leading zero to a string.
– wwii
Mar 19 at 22:27
1
What is the expected output?
– solarc
Mar 19 at 22:29
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– Prune
Mar 19 at 22:38
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Why can't you use zfill or format?
– Artyer
Mar 19 at 22:26
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Do you want this string to be a specific length?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 19 at 22:27
1
You do not need to uselento add a leading zero to a string.
– wwii
Mar 19 at 22:27
1
What is the expected output?
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Mar 19 at 22:29
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Mar 19 at 22:38
1
1
Why can't you use zfill or format?
– Artyer
Mar 19 at 22:26
Why can't you use zfill or format?
– Artyer
Mar 19 at 22:26
1
1
Do you want this string to be a specific length?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 19 at 22:27
Do you want this string to be a specific length?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 19 at 22:27
1
1
You do not need to use
len to add a leading zero to a string.– wwii
Mar 19 at 22:27
You do not need to use
len to add a leading zero to a string.– wwii
Mar 19 at 22:27
1
1
What is the expected output?
– solarc
Mar 19 at 22:29
What is the expected output?
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If this is "hard coded" to numbers below 10000 and you want 4 total digits, you can simply add 10000 and drop the first character:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
print(str(rannum+10000)[1:])
or more generally speaking:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
digits = 4
print(str(rannum+10**digits)[1:])
another (non-numeric) way of doing it could be:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
digits = 4
print( ("0"*digits+str(rannum))[-digits:] )
# or hard coded:
print( ("0"*4+str(rannum))[-4:] )
and i'm guessing you can't use rjust() either:
print( str(rannum).rjust(4,"0") )
Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
add a comment |
I have an answer for you here.
The following script will add a number of leading zeros to the string representation of your random number, always ensuring that it is 3 characters long.
import random;
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
rannumStr = str(rannum);
for x in range(len(rannumStr), 3):
rannumStr = "0" + rannumStr;
print(rannumStr);
In case you want the string longer, just update the second parameter of the range(...) function, like this for 4 characters:
for x in range(len(rannumStr), 4):
Solution without control statements
Based on the comments, I am adding another answer here. This ones does not use any loops, or other control statements like if.
It declares an array of strings, that we can index into using the length of the string representation of the random number. And simply prefix the string with that.
import random;
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
rannumStr = str(rannum);
padding = ["000", "00", "0", ""];
rannumStr = padding[len(rannumStr)] + rannumStr;
print(rannumStr);
I hope that this solves your issue?
Thank you very much for your time and effort. Is there any change I could do this without conditional loops (the for x in range), as I have to use very simple python to make this. Again thank you very much and have a great day! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 20 at 9:36
Can I use if statements and the len() function?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 11:24
I added another solution that does not use loops or if statements. But does make use of the len() function. Let me know if that then can be accepted?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 15:49
Yes that is fine. Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
add a comment |
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If this is "hard coded" to numbers below 10000 and you want 4 total digits, you can simply add 10000 and drop the first character:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
print(str(rannum+10000)[1:])
or more generally speaking:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
digits = 4
print(str(rannum+10**digits)[1:])
another (non-numeric) way of doing it could be:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
digits = 4
print( ("0"*digits+str(rannum))[-digits:] )
# or hard coded:
print( ("0"*4+str(rannum))[-4:] )
and i'm guessing you can't use rjust() either:
print( str(rannum).rjust(4,"0") )
Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
add a comment |
If this is "hard coded" to numbers below 10000 and you want 4 total digits, you can simply add 10000 and drop the first character:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
print(str(rannum+10000)[1:])
or more generally speaking:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
digits = 4
print(str(rannum+10**digits)[1:])
another (non-numeric) way of doing it could be:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
digits = 4
print( ("0"*digits+str(rannum))[-digits:] )
# or hard coded:
print( ("0"*4+str(rannum))[-4:] )
and i'm guessing you can't use rjust() either:
print( str(rannum).rjust(4,"0") )
Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
add a comment |
If this is "hard coded" to numbers below 10000 and you want 4 total digits, you can simply add 10000 and drop the first character:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
print(str(rannum+10000)[1:])
or more generally speaking:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
digits = 4
print(str(rannum+10**digits)[1:])
another (non-numeric) way of doing it could be:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
digits = 4
print( ("0"*digits+str(rannum))[-digits:] )
# or hard coded:
print( ("0"*4+str(rannum))[-4:] )
and i'm guessing you can't use rjust() either:
print( str(rannum).rjust(4,"0") )
If this is "hard coded" to numbers below 10000 and you want 4 total digits, you can simply add 10000 and drop the first character:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
print(str(rannum+10000)[1:])
or more generally speaking:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
digits = 4
print(str(rannum+10**digits)[1:])
another (non-numeric) way of doing it could be:
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
digits = 4
print( ("0"*digits+str(rannum))[-digits:] )
# or hard coded:
print( ("0"*4+str(rannum))[-4:] )
and i'm guessing you can't use rjust() either:
print( str(rannum).rjust(4,"0") )
edited Mar 22 at 17:30
answered Mar 20 at 0:07
Alain T.Alain T.
8,70311329
8,70311329
Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
add a comment |
Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
add a comment |
I have an answer for you here.
The following script will add a number of leading zeros to the string representation of your random number, always ensuring that it is 3 characters long.
import random;
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
rannumStr = str(rannum);
for x in range(len(rannumStr), 3):
rannumStr = "0" + rannumStr;
print(rannumStr);
In case you want the string longer, just update the second parameter of the range(...) function, like this for 4 characters:
for x in range(len(rannumStr), 4):
Solution without control statements
Based on the comments, I am adding another answer here. This ones does not use any loops, or other control statements like if.
It declares an array of strings, that we can index into using the length of the string representation of the random number. And simply prefix the string with that.
import random;
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
rannumStr = str(rannum);
padding = ["000", "00", "0", ""];
rannumStr = padding[len(rannumStr)] + rannumStr;
print(rannumStr);
I hope that this solves your issue?
Thank you very much for your time and effort. Is there any change I could do this without conditional loops (the for x in range), as I have to use very simple python to make this. Again thank you very much and have a great day! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 20 at 9:36
Can I use if statements and the len() function?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 11:24
I added another solution that does not use loops or if statements. But does make use of the len() function. Let me know if that then can be accepted?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 15:49
Yes that is fine. Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
add a comment |
I have an answer for you here.
The following script will add a number of leading zeros to the string representation of your random number, always ensuring that it is 3 characters long.
import random;
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
rannumStr = str(rannum);
for x in range(len(rannumStr), 3):
rannumStr = "0" + rannumStr;
print(rannumStr);
In case you want the string longer, just update the second parameter of the range(...) function, like this for 4 characters:
for x in range(len(rannumStr), 4):
Solution without control statements
Based on the comments, I am adding another answer here. This ones does not use any loops, or other control statements like if.
It declares an array of strings, that we can index into using the length of the string representation of the random number. And simply prefix the string with that.
import random;
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
rannumStr = str(rannum);
padding = ["000", "00", "0", ""];
rannumStr = padding[len(rannumStr)] + rannumStr;
print(rannumStr);
I hope that this solves your issue?
Thank you very much for your time and effort. Is there any change I could do this without conditional loops (the for x in range), as I have to use very simple python to make this. Again thank you very much and have a great day! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 20 at 9:36
Can I use if statements and the len() function?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 11:24
I added another solution that does not use loops or if statements. But does make use of the len() function. Let me know if that then can be accepted?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 15:49
Yes that is fine. Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
add a comment |
I have an answer for you here.
The following script will add a number of leading zeros to the string representation of your random number, always ensuring that it is 3 characters long.
import random;
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
rannumStr = str(rannum);
for x in range(len(rannumStr), 3):
rannumStr = "0" + rannumStr;
print(rannumStr);
In case you want the string longer, just update the second parameter of the range(...) function, like this for 4 characters:
for x in range(len(rannumStr), 4):
Solution without control statements
Based on the comments, I am adding another answer here. This ones does not use any loops, or other control statements like if.
It declares an array of strings, that we can index into using the length of the string representation of the random number. And simply prefix the string with that.
import random;
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
rannumStr = str(rannum);
padding = ["000", "00", "0", ""];
rannumStr = padding[len(rannumStr)] + rannumStr;
print(rannumStr);
I hope that this solves your issue?
I have an answer for you here.
The following script will add a number of leading zeros to the string representation of your random number, always ensuring that it is 3 characters long.
import random;
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
rannumStr = str(rannum);
for x in range(len(rannumStr), 3):
rannumStr = "0" + rannumStr;
print(rannumStr);
In case you want the string longer, just update the second parameter of the range(...) function, like this for 4 characters:
for x in range(len(rannumStr), 4):
Solution without control statements
Based on the comments, I am adding another answer here. This ones does not use any loops, or other control statements like if.
It declares an array of strings, that we can index into using the length of the string representation of the random number. And simply prefix the string with that.
import random;
rannum = random.randrange(1, 999)
rannumStr = str(rannum);
padding = ["000", "00", "0", ""];
rannumStr = padding[len(rannumStr)] + rannumStr;
print(rannumStr);
I hope that this solves your issue?
edited Mar 20 at 15:48
answered Mar 19 at 22:32
Andreas LorenzenAndreas Lorenzen
1,076412
1,076412
Thank you very much for your time and effort. Is there any change I could do this without conditional loops (the for x in range), as I have to use very simple python to make this. Again thank you very much and have a great day! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 20 at 9:36
Can I use if statements and the len() function?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 11:24
I added another solution that does not use loops or if statements. But does make use of the len() function. Let me know if that then can be accepted?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 15:49
Yes that is fine. Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
add a comment |
Thank you very much for your time and effort. Is there any change I could do this without conditional loops (the for x in range), as I have to use very simple python to make this. Again thank you very much and have a great day! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 20 at 9:36
Can I use if statements and the len() function?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 11:24
I added another solution that does not use loops or if statements. But does make use of the len() function. Let me know if that then can be accepted?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 15:49
Yes that is fine. Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
Thank you very much for your time and effort. Is there any change I could do this without conditional loops (the for x in range), as I have to use very simple python to make this. Again thank you very much and have a great day! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 20 at 9:36
Thank you very much for your time and effort. Is there any change I could do this without conditional loops (the for x in range), as I have to use very simple python to make this. Again thank you very much and have a great day! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 20 at 9:36
Can I use if statements and the len() function?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 11:24
Can I use if statements and the len() function?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 11:24
I added another solution that does not use loops or if statements. But does make use of the len() function. Let me know if that then can be accepted?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 15:49
I added another solution that does not use loops or if statements. But does make use of the len() function. Let me know if that then can be accepted?
– Andreas Lorenzen
Mar 20 at 15:49
Yes that is fine. Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
Yes that is fine. Thank you very much! :D
– Bob Singh
Mar 22 at 11:13
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Do you want this string to be a specific length?
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Mar 19 at 22:27
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You do not need to use
lento add a leading zero to a string.– wwii
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What is the expected output?
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Mar 19 at 22:29
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