Format a number containing a decimal point with leading zeroes

Question

I want to format a number with a decimal point in it with leading zeros.

This

>>> \'3.3\'.zfill(5)
003.3

considers all the dig

Answer 1

I like the new style of formatting.

loop = 2
pause = 2
print 'Begin Loop {0}, {1:06.2f} Seconds Pause'.format(loop, pause)
>>>Begin Loop 2, 0002.1 Seconds Pause

In {1:06.2f}:

• 1 is the place holder for variable pause
• 0 indicates to pad with leading zeros
• 6 total number of characters including the decimal point
• 2 the precision
• f converts integers to floats