Python String – How to Pad Numeric String with Zeros to the Right

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Python strings have a method called zfill that allows to pad a numeric string with zeros to the left.

In : str(190).zfill(8)
Out: '00000190'

How can I make the pad to be on the right ?

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As maybe a alternative more portable [1] and efficient [2], actually you can just use str.ljust.

In [2]: '190'.ljust(8, '0')
Out[2]: '19000000'

In [3]: str.ljust?
Docstring:
S.ljust(width[, fillchar]) -> str

Return S left-justified in a Unicode string of length width. Padding is
done using the specified fill character (default is a space).
Type:      method_descriptor

[1] format is not present on old python versions. format specifier was added since Python 3.0 (see PEP 3101) and Python 2.6.

[2] reverse twice is an expensive operation.

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Python – How to Pad a String with Zeros

To pad strings:

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

To pad numbers:

>>> n = 4
>>> print(f'{n:03}') # Preferred method, python >= 3.6
004
>>> print('%03d' % n)
004
>>> print(format(n, '03')) # python >= 2.6
004
>>> print('{0:03d}'.format(n))  # python >= 2.6 + python 3
004
>>> print('{foo:03d}'.format(foo=n))  # python >= 2.6 + python 3
004
>>> print('{:03d}'.format(n))  # python >= 2.7 + python3
004

String formatting documentation.

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