Re: front-pad a number with zero's


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Re: front-pad a number with zero's

by Masem (Monsignor)

on Oct 30, 2001 at 23:27 UTC ( [id://122169]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to front-pad a number with zero's

Why not (simply)?:

$string = sprintf( "%05d", $number );
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