Python Language Tutorial => Formatting Numerical Values

Example

The .format() method can interpret a number in different formats, such as:

>>> '{:c}'.format(65)    # Unicode character
'A'

>>> '{:d}'.format(0x0a)  # base 10
'10'

>>> '{:n}'.format(0x0a)  # base 10 using current locale for separators
'10'

Format integers to different bases (hex, oct, binary)

>>> '{0:x}'.format(10) # base 16, lowercase - Hexadecimal
'a'

>>> '{0:X}'.format(10) # base 16, uppercase - Hexadecimal
'A'

>>> '{:o}'.format(10) # base 8 - Octal
'12'

>>> '{:b}'.format(10) # base 2 - Binary
'1010'

>>> '{0:#b}, {0:#o}, {0:#x}'.format(42) # With prefix
'0b101010, 0o52, 0x2a'

>>> '8 bit: {0:08b}; Three bytes: {0:06x}'.format(42) # Add zero padding
'8 bit: 00101010; Three bytes: 00002a'

Use formatting to convert an RGB float tuple to a color hex string:

>>> r, g, b = (1.0, 0.4, 0.0)
>>> '#{:02X}{:02X}{:02X}'.format(int(255 * r), int(255 * g), int(255 * b))
'#FF6600'

Only integers can be converted:

>>> '{:x}'.format(42.0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: Unknown format code 'x' for object of type 'float'

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