[Tutor] How convert an int to a string

[Peter Otten]

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'