From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2006-05-29T19:11:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Equivalent of Python zfill?

2006/5/29, Peter Szinek <peter@rubyrailways.com>:
> Hello all,
>
> I need a function which takes a number (x) and outputs a string which
> contains x zeroes. e.g.
>
> foo(3) = "000"
> foo(5) = "00000"
>
> etc.
>
> in Python this function is ''.zfill(5)
> another possibility would be 5*'0'
>
> Equivalents in Ruby? I would be mainly interested in a zfill equivalent
> since that is faster that join or 5* imho.

>> "0" * 7
=> "0000000"

Kind regards

robert

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