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Pad String With Zeros in Python

Samyak Jain

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Created: July-27, 2021 | Updated: October-21, 2021

1. Use the zfill() String Method to Pad a String With Zeros in

Python

2. Use the rjust() or ljust() String Method to Pad a String With

Zeros in Python

3. Use the format() to Pad a String With Zeros in Python

4. Use the F-Strings to Pad a String With Zeros in Python

To make a string of the desired length, we add or pad a character

at the beginning or the end of the string until it is of the required
length.

In this tutorial, we will discuss how to pad a string with zeros in

Python.

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Use the zfill() String Method to Pad a String With

Zeros in Python

The zfill() method in Python takes a number specifying the

desired length of the string as a parameter and adds zeros to the
left of the string until it is of the desired length. If the number
passed in as the parameter is smaller than the length of the
original string, then there is no change.

For example,

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A = '007'
B = '1.000'
C = '4876'
print(A.zfill(5))
print(B.zfill(6))
print(C.zfill(3))
Output:

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00007
01.000
4876
In the above example, two zeros were added at the beginning of
string A to make it of length five. Similarly, one zero was added at
the beginning of string B to make it of length six. No changes were
made in string C since the number passed in as a parameter in the
zfill() method is smaller than the length of the original string.

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Use the rjust() or ljust() String Method to Pad a

String With Zeros in Python

The rjust() or ljust() method in Python takes a number

specifying the desired length of the string as the required
parameter and a character as an optional parameter.

The rjust() method adds the optional character to the left of the
string until the string is of the desired length. Similarly, the
ljust() method adds the optional character to the right of the
string until the string is of the desired length.

If the character is not specified, the default is space " ".

For example,

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A = 'Hello'
B = 'World'
print(A.rjust(7,"0"))
print(B.ljust(8,"0"))
Output:

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00Hello
World000

Two zeros were added at the beginning of string A to make it of

length seven using the rjust() method. Similarly, three zeros
were added at the end of string B to make it of length eight using
the ljust() method.

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Use the format() to Pad a String With Zeros in

Python

The format() method in Python can format strings to display

them in our desired format based on some pattern. We can use it
to add zeros to the left of the string until the string is of the desired
length. This method can only be used for Python 2 to Python 3.5.

For example,

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A = 'Hello'
B = 'CR7'
print('{:0>8}'.format(A))
print('{:0>5}'.format(B))
Output:

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000Hello
00CR7

The {:0>8} is the pattern used to pad the string A and increase
its size to 8. Similarly, {:0>5} pads the string B to the desired
length.

Use the F-Strings to Pad a String With Zeros in Python

The f-strings is an addition in recent versions of Python and

provides quick formatting of strings. We can use it to pad a string
with zeros also.

This is similar to the previously discussed method.

For example,

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A = 'Hello'
B = 'CR7'
print(f'{A:0>8}')
print(f'{B:0>5}')
Output:

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000Hello
00CR7

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