How to pad numbers with variable substitution for padding width in format or f string? [duplicate]

Question

I want to pad a number i with a padding based on the value of the variable width

>>> width = 5
>>> i = 1
>>> print(f'{i:width}')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: Invalid format specifier
>>>
>>> print('{:width}'.format(i))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: Invalid format specifier

Desired output:

1

Answer 1

You almost had it:

>>> width = 5
>>> i = 1
>>> print(f'{i:{width}}')
    1