how to keep the leading 0 in Python

Question

I'm extracting one number from an XLS file :

var = workBook.sheet_by_index(3).cell_value(4,1) var = 0136 type(var) = float

when I'm trying to print the var i got always different results :

print(int(var)) = 136 print(str(var)) = 136.0

I don’t find a simple way to simply print out : 0136

Gábor Erdős · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-26 08:51:09Z

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Try formatting

print('{:04d}'.format(136)) # Returns 0136

In your case:

var = 136 print('{:04d}'.format(var)) # Returns: 0136

answered Jul 26, 2016 at 8:51

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