in reply to Re^5: How to convert a string with regex to a string with a fixed length?
in thread How to convert a string with regex to a string with a fixed length?

try:
s/(\d+)/sprintf("%013d", $1)/eg
Update: that's what I get for not reading the OP carefully... how about (and being slow...oh well):
s/(\d+)/reverse(sprintf("%013d", scalar(reverse($1))))/eg;

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Re^7: How to convert a string with regex to a string with a fixed length?
by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Jul 29, 2008 at 17:09 UTC

    Padding is on the wrong side.

    --MidLifeXis