All, I was wondering if there was a more nice way of accomplishing the following than what I have already written.
I have a number that can be anywhere from 0 - 999999. I am using this number to look up a corresponding file, and the file always has the number in all six digits, so if I pull the number 54 from a log file, I need to pull file 000054.zip. I am currently doing the following, and it seems cumbersome and long: 
    my $longdefectid;
    if ($defectid < 10){$longdefectid = "00000"."$defectid"}
    elsif($defectid >= 10 && $defectid < 100){$longdefectid = "0000"."
+$defectid"}
    elsif($defectid >= 100 && $defectid < 1000){$longdefectid = "000".
+"$defectid"}
    elsif($defectid >= 1000 && $defectid < 10000){$longdefectid = "00"
+."$defectid"}
    elsif($defectid >= 10000 && $defectid < 100000){$longdefectid = "0
+"."$defectid"}
    elsif($defectid >= 100000 && $defectid < 1000000){$longdefectid = 
+"$defectid"};

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Is there anything shorter or nicer than this?
~~David~~

In reply to Formating Numbers Preceding 0's by ~~David~~

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