🔒 round

[mighty rune]

how do i round 0? so it shows 00, without making it 00:00 or 00:0, tried using the round() function but it didn't work that way, didnt work with :.f too

[safe stump]

@mighty rune

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[kindred pewter]

This is called padding, not rounding

[mighty rune]

oh

[kindred pewter]

!e ```py
print(f"{0:02d}")

[mighty rune]

second. ill try it

[safe stump]

@kindred pewter :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

00

[kindred pewter]

using :2d will print " 0"

[mighty rune]

so :02d is "00"

ohhhhhh

shouldnt have added a 0 before the 2d

[kindred pewter]

no period

02d, not .02d

[mighty rune]

that too

oh so the 0 was ok

[kindred pewter]

.02f actually gives you 2 digits of percision after the decimal point

[mighty rune]

damn, i need to read into those..

i know how the f works but i guess there's more

[kindred pewter]

!d format

[safe stump]

format

format(value, format_spec='')```
Convert a *value* to a “formatted” representation, as controlled by *format\_spec*. The interpretation of *format\_spec* will depend on the type of the *value* argument; however, there is a standard formatting syntax that is used by most built-in types: [Format Specification Mini-Language](https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#formatspec).

The default *format\_spec* is an empty string which usually gives the same effect as calling [`str(value)`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str).

A call to `format(value, format_spec)` is translated to `type(value).__format__(value, format_spec)` which bypasses the instance dictionary when searching for the value’s [`__format__()`](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__format__) method. A [`TypeError`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#TypeError) exception is raised if the method search reaches [`object`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#object) and the *format\_spec* is non-empty, or if either the *format\_spec* or the return value are not strings.

[kindred pewter]

!d str.format

[safe stump]

str.format

str.format(*args, **kwargs)```
Perform a string formatting operation. The string on which this method is called can contain literal text or replacement fields delimited by braces `{}`. Each replacement field contains either the numeric index of a positional argument, or the name of a keyword argument. Returns a copy of the string where each replacement field is replaced with the string value of the corresponding argument.

```py
>>> "The sum of 1 + 2 is {0}".format(1+2)
'The sum of 1 + 2 is 3'
```  See [Format String Syntax](https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#formatstrings) for a description of the various formatting options that can be specified in format strings.

[mighty rune]

thanks!

oh god that is long

sooo, a second issue popped up

print(f'{abs(remaining_time_early):02d} minutes before the start')```

[kindred pewter]

Maybe you want this? {x if x := abs(remaining_time_early) else "00"}

[mighty rune]

immm not sure

i started programming this week

i think i can just

have an outcome if its 00

[kindred pewter]

abs(remaining_time_early) or "00"

[mighty rune]

else

[kindred pewter]

that will use 00 if the time is 0

[mighty rune]

oh

but wouldnt that make it

ah i need a second to explain it but i think it wouldnt work?

hmm

i need an if for <10 since they all need a 0 behind

i think

and that would fix it

like same print just a 0 behind it

yeahhhh i used some other method @kindred pewter

if remaining_time_early<10:
         print("On time")
         print(f'{abs(remaining_time_early)} minutes before the start')
        else:
         print("On time")
         print(f'{abs(remaining_time_early):02d} minutes before the start')```

and it worked!

ty for the help

i just shouldnt :02d when i dont want a zero behind it

and in every other case i do :02d

[kindred pewter]

these do the same thing.

the only way remainint_time_early will be > 2 chars is if it's > 100

[mighty rune]

well i had issues with minutes

[kindred pewter]

and don't forget to apply abs() before checking if it's < 10

because -20 < 10

[mighty rune]

oh

sooo remaining_time_early and remaining_time_late

abs them before if

alright, thanks, noted

[kindred pewter]

!e ```py
for remaining_time_early in range(-11, 12):
print(f"On time {abs(remaining_time_early)} minutes before the start")

[safe stump]

@kindred pewter :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

001 | On time
002 | 11 minutes before the start
003 | On time
004 | 10 minutes before the start
005 | On time
006 | 9 minutes before the start
007 | On time
008 | 8 minutes before the start
009 | On time
010 | 7 minutes before the start
011 | On time
... (truncated - too many lines)

Full output: https://paste.pythondiscord.com/6SSLZNFQWJZJAKDUYULLNB4VM4

[kindred pewter]

Was that what you wanted?

[mighty rune]

well overall the exercise is :

input is the hours + mins when a test started

and then input the hours + mins when a person arrived

says if u are late, on time or early

and by how much

[kindred pewter]

So if it's over an hour, include the minutes with 2 decimals

[mighty rune]

yeah

i meann

2 decimals = everything besides only minutes < 10

since hours arent 03:18, they are 3:18 for example

[kindred pewter]

You should make a function that converts minutes to a duration string

[safe stump]

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