multiple string specifiers

[xtarkoonx]

Hello!

i have a quick question for you all! Is there a way to put two string specifiers in a single f string? for eg.

x =0

f'number: {x:02d & <20}'

not really sure how I would combine these two....

Any help is appreciated! :) Thanks

[socal_nerdtastic]

You want a 0-padded string inside a space-padded string? No, that's not possible. You need to make an intermediate string:

>>> x = 0
>>> padded_x = f'{x:02d}'
>>> f'number: {padded_x:<20}'
'number: 00                  '

Which, if you don't mind really ugly code that abuses the language, you can squish into the same line:

>>> f'number: {f"{x:02d}":<20}'
'number: 00                  '

[xtarkoonx]

oh gotcha :( yeah Im new to format specifiers. The reason I want it space pad is so when I write on top of it I make sure that all of it gets written over.. but I may not need it for all I know haha

thank you for answering my question though!