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Re: Help with Numbers..Please

by ph0enix (Friar)
on Apr 24, 2003 at 10:04 UTC ( #252823=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Help with Numbers..Please

Numerical value of your number is 1 so the 'droping zeros' is correct behaviour. Try printf or sprintf for formating your outputs. 
my $number = 1;
printf '%06d', $number;

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or get it back into $number variable

$number = sprintf('%06d', $number);

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