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Python String | zfill method
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expand_more Python's str.zfill(~)
method returns a copy of the source string left filled with zeros (0) up to the provided length.
Parameters
1. width
| number
The length of the returned string including the left filled zeros.
Return value
A copy of the source string with '0'
filled to the left.
Examples
Basic usage
To return a copy of 'Hello'
left filled with zeros up to 7
characters:
x = 'Hello'x.zfill(7)
'00Hello'
Width parameter
To return a copy of 'Hello'
left filled with zeros up to 3
characters:
x = 'Hello'x.zfill(3)
'Hello'
As the provided width of 3
was shorter than the length of the source string, we return the source string 'Hello'
.
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Official Python Documentation
https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.zfill