Create a python string with char padding and counter

Question

I would like to do it elegantly:

>>> ''.zfill(5, '-')
'-----'

Is there a way to initialize a string with char padding and a counter? Of course, the count may vary.

+3

Caruccio May 25, '11 at 23:16

2 answers

Rows can be combined (glued together) with the operator +and repeated with*

+1

John machin May 26 '11 at 12:17

berni · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-25T23:19:07+0000

Just try:

>>> '-'*5
'-----'

This is simple in Python :)