So if this "%05d" % 123 returns #=> "00123", I would expect "%05d" % 0123 to return #=> "00123" as well, but instead it returns #=> "00083". Why is this so?
So if this %05d % 123 returns #=> 00123 , I would expect %05d
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So if this "%05d" % 123 returns #=> "00123", I would expect "%05d" % 0123 to return #=> "00123" as well, but instead it returns #=> "00083". Why is this so?
Numbers starting with 0 are interpreted as octal, just like numbers starting with 0x are interpreted as hexadecimal. 83 is represented as 123 in octal.