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21 lines
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title: Pad number
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type: snippet
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tags: [string,math]
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cover: umbrellas
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dateModified: 2020-11-02T19:28:27+02:00
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---
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Pads a given number to the specified length.
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- Use `str.zfill()` to pad the number to the specified length, after converting it to a string.
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```py
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def pad_number(n, l):
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return str(n).zfill(l)
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```
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```py
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pad_number(1234, 6); # '001234'
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```
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