On Tuesday 25 September 2001 19:38, Evan Nemerson wrote:
> Yeah, but what if they don't JUST want to print it...
>
> /*untested*/
> $i=524;
> $n=5-strlen($i);
> $outnum="";
> for($x=1;$x<=$n;$x++){
>       $outnum.="0";
> };
> $outnum.=$i;

$outnum = sprintf('%05d' , 524);

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Meir Kriheli

> On Tuesday 25 September 2001 09:56, you wrote:
> > > What if I want to pad a number with zeros in the other
> > > direction?  I.E:
> > > 524 becomes 00524
> >
> > printf() / sprintf() is your friend.
> >
> > Chris

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