Jim Byrnes wrote:
> I need to convert a series of digits like 060713 to a string so I can
> make it look like a date 06-07-13.
>
> >>> a = 060713
> >>> a[:2]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: 'int' object has no attribute '__getitem__'
> >>> b = str(a)
> >>> b[:2]
> '25'
> >>> b
> '25035'
> >>>
>
> I was confused at first but then realized that the 0 makes it octal. I
> thought str() would do it but it didn't. Reading about str() it talks of
> string representation. So how can I convert it to a true string I can
> slice and build my date look a like?
>>> a = 060713
>>> "%06o" % a
'060713'
>>> "{:06o}".format(a)
'060713'
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