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JAMoore84
Hi all,
I am trying to write a simple program that will accept an integral
"time" input in the HHMMSS format and output a "HH:MM:SS" form. My
code is as follows:
========================
import string
def FormatTime(time):
'''Converts an HHMMSS string to HH:MM:SS format.'''
timeString = str(time) #converts the num to string
hours = [timeString[0], timeString[1]]
minutes = [timeString[2], timeString[3]]
seconds = [timeString[4], timeString[5]]
Ftime = "%s:%s:%s",(hours,minutes,seconds)
clock = Ftime.join()
return clock
===========================
when I run it from IDLE, I get this:
['1', '1', ':', '2', '2', ':', '3', '3']
['1', '1', ':', '2', '2', ':', '3', '3']
My questions-
1) Why is this function printing out twice?
2)It may be a formatting issue, but I want to have the output as
"HH:MM:SS", rather than having it broken out into each cell. I
thought the 'join' command would do this, but I must not be using it
properly/understanding something.
3)as a side note, I've noticed that the parameter "time" passed in
must be passed in as a string, otherwise I receive an error that
"time" is unsubscriptable. Am I unable to pass in an int and then
convert it to a string within the function with str()?
I've been at this for a while, so I may not be able to see the forest
through the trees at this point. I'd greatly appreciate any
suggestions or instruction on these mistakes.
Best,
Jimmy
I am trying to write a simple program that will accept an integral
"time" input in the HHMMSS format and output a "HH:MM:SS" form. My
code is as follows:
========================
import string
def FormatTime(time):
'''Converts an HHMMSS string to HH:MM:SS format.'''
timeString = str(time) #converts the num to string
hours = [timeString[0], timeString[1]]
minutes = [timeString[2], timeString[3]]
seconds = [timeString[4], timeString[5]]
Ftime = "%s:%s:%s",(hours,minutes,seconds)
clock = Ftime.join()
return clock
===========================
when I run it from IDLE, I get this:
['1', '1', ':', '2', '2', ':', '3', '3']
['1', '1', ':', '2', '2', ':', '3', '3']
My questions-
1) Why is this function printing out twice?
2)It may be a formatting issue, but I want to have the output as
"HH:MM:SS", rather than having it broken out into each cell. I
thought the 'join' command would do this, but I must not be using it
properly/understanding something.
3)as a side note, I've noticed that the parameter "time" passed in
must be passed in as a string, otherwise I receive an error that
"time" is unsubscriptable. Am I unable to pass in an int and then
convert it to a string within the function with str()?
I've been at this for a while, so I may not be able to see the forest
through the trees at this point. I'd greatly appreciate any
suggestions or instruction on these mistakes.
Best,
Jimmy