topic Re: formatting data �??�??of a field on 4 digits in field calculator ? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/formatting-data-of-a-field-on-4-digits-in-field/m-p/621776#M48409 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>x.zfill(4) will accomplish this for you. x must be a string value, so if your existing value is a number, it would be str(x).zfill(4).</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:09:10 GMT BruceNielsen 2011-08-05T15:09:10Z formatting data ??????of a field on 4 digits in field calculator ? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/formatting-data-of-a-field-on-4-digits-in-field/m-p/621774#M48407 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi, </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm working with ArcGIS10.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have a shapefile with a field containing values ??????ranging from 1 to 9000.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I would like to format the values ??????of this field so that all values ??????are coded on 4 digits like this:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 --&gt; 0001</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 --&gt; 0002</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 --&gt; 0003</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 350 --&gt; 0350</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; 9000 --&gt; 9000</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any suggestions or ideas?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:22:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/formatting-data-of-a-field-on-4-digits-in-field/m-p/621774#M48407 AudreyH 2011-08-05T14:22:02Z Re: formatting data �??�??of a field on 4 digits in field calculator ? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/formatting-data-of-a-field-on-4-digits-in-field/m-p/621775#M48408 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Did you see this thread on "padding" numbers?</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/35137-Populate-a-field-with-consecutive-numbers-by-a-constant-length-string.?p=119553#post119553">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/35137-Populate-a-field-with-consecutive-numbers-by-a-constant-length-string.?p=119553#post119553</A></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:27:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/formatting-data-of-a-field-on-4-digits-in-field/m-p/621775#M48408 DanPatterson_Retired 2011-08-05T14:27:03Z Re: formatting data �??�??of a field on 4 digits in field calculator ? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/formatting-data-of-a-field-on-4-digits-in-field/m-p/621776#M48409 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>x.zfill(4) will accomplish this for you. x must be a string value, so if your existing value is a number, it would be str(x).zfill(4).</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:09:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/formatting-data-of-a-field-on-4-digits-in-field/m-p/621776#M48409 BruceNielsen 2011-08-05T15:09:10Z Re: formatting data �??�??of a field on 4 digits in field calculator ? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/formatting-data-of-a-field-on-4-digits-in-field/m-p/621777#M48410 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">x.zfill(4) will accomplish this for you. x must be a string value, so if your existing value is a number, it would be str(x).zfill(4).</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>it works, thank you very much for your answer !</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:28:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/formatting-data-of-a-field-on-4-digits-in-field/m-p/621777#M48410 AudreyH 2011-08-05T15:28:03Z