padding a numbers string reprensentation

[Matthias S.]

Hi,

I'm pretty sure this is as easy as it gets, but I couldn't find anything
in the documentation.

I'd like to change the string representation of an int so that the
numbers get padded with 0's up to a certain amount of characters: For
example I'd like to pad up to 4 characters, then a 17 should look like
this '0017'.

Any help is greatly appreceated.

Matthias

[Bob Grommes]

Re: padding a numbers string reprensentation

I don't recall the specifics, but if you look up standard formatting codes
under String.Format() in the docs you'll find a way to do it with
someInt.ToStrin g(someFormatStr ingHere).

Another way would be:

int intDesiredLengt h = 10;
string s = someInt.ToStrin g();
return new String('0',intD esiredLength - intDesiredLengt h) + s;

--Bob

"Matthias S." <postamt@emvoid SPAMTRAP.de> wrote in message
news:eDbOtLdkEH A.592@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I'm pretty sure this is as easy as it gets, but I couldn't find anything
> in the documentation.
>
> I'd like to change the string representation of an int so that the
> numbers get padded with 0's up to a certain amount of characters: For
> example I'd like to pad up to 4 characters, then a 17 should look like
> this '0017'.
>
> Any help is greatly appreceated.
>
> Matthias[/color]

[Bob Grommes]

Re: padding a numbers string reprensentation

Sorry, I meant:

return new String('0',intD esiredLength - s.Length) + s;

--Bob

"Bob Grommes" <bob@bobgrommes .com> wrote in message
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> I don't recall the specifics, but if you look up standard formatting codes
> under String.Format() in the docs you'll find a way to do it with
> someInt.ToStrin g(someFormatStr ingHere).
>
> Another way would be:
>
> int intDesiredLengt h = 10;
> string s = someInt.ToStrin g();
> return new String('0',intD esiredLength - intDesiredLengt h) + s;
>
> --Bob
>
> "Matthias S." <postamt@emvoid SPAMTRAP.de> wrote in message
> news:eDbOtLdkEH A.592@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm pretty sure this is as easy as it gets, but I couldn't find anything
> > in the documentation.
> >
> > I'd like to change the string representation of an int so that the
> > numbers get padded with 0's up to a certain amount of characters: For
> > example I'd like to pad up to 4 characters, then a 17 should look like
> > this '0017'.
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreceated.
> >
> > Matthias[/color]
>
>[/color]

[Nick]

Re: padding a numbers string reprensentation

Lets say you have:
int i=17;
string myString = i.ToString("N1" );

This will give you a string that looks like so. "17.0"
This is not what you want, but this is just to show you how it works.
Here is a link that has some other N's so to speak. Try "F4" or something...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemglobalizationnumberformatinfoclasstopic.asp

Good luck,
Nick Z.



Matthias S. wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I'm pretty sure this is as easy as it gets, but I couldn't find anything
> in the documentation.
>
> I'd like to change the string representation of an int so that the
> numbers get padded with 0's up to a certain amount of characters: For
> example I'd like to pad up to 4 characters, then a 17 should look like
> this '0017'.
>
> Any help is greatly appreceated.
>
> Matthias[/color]

[morgalr]

Re: padding a numbers string reprensentation


It's even easier than that:

string s = iWork.ToString( ).PadLeft(10, '0');

gives a sting representation of an integer 10 digits long
padded left with 0's where iWork is just some integer you
are working with.

Les
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>-----Original Message-----
>I don't recall the specifics, but if you look up[/color]
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>under String.Format() in the docs you'll find a way to[/color]
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>someInt.ToStri ng(someFormatSt ringHere).
>
>Another way would be:
>
>int intDesiredLengt h = 10;
>string s = someInt.ToStrin g();
>return new String('0',intD esiredLength -[/color]
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>
>--Bob
>
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>> Hi,
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>> I'm pretty sure this is as easy as it gets, but I[/color][/color]
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>> in the documentation.
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>> I'd like to change the string representation of an int[/color][/color]
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>> numbers get padded with 0's up to a certain amount of[/color][/color]
characters: For[color=blue][color=green]
>> example I'd like to pad up to 4 characters, then a 17[/color][/color]
should look like[color=blue][color=green]
>> this '0017'.
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreceated.
>>
>> Matthias[/color][/color]

[James Swindell]

Re: padding a numbers string reprensentation

I think the easier implementation would be:

int i = 17;
string s = i.ToString().Pa dLeft(4, '0')


"Matthias S." <postamt@emvoid SPAMTRAP.de> wrote in message
news:eDbOtLdkEH A.592@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I'm pretty sure this is as easy as it gets, but I couldn't find anything
> in the documentation.
>
> I'd like to change the string representation of an int so that the
> numbers get padded with 0's up to a certain amount of characters: For
> example I'd like to pad up to 4 characters, then a 17 should look like
> this '0017'.
>
> Any help is greatly appreceated.
>
> Matthias[/color]

[Vijaye Raji]

Re: padding a numbers string reprensentation

string.Format(" {0:0000}", 17)

would yield "0017"

-vJ

"Matthias S." <postamt@emvoid SPAMTRAP.de> wrote in message
news:eDbOtLdkEH A.592@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I'm pretty sure this is as easy as it gets, but I couldn't find anything
> in the documentation.
>
> I'd like to change the string representation of an int so that the numbers
> get padded with 0's up to a certain amount of characters: For example I'd
> like to pad up to 4 characters, then a 17 should look like this '0017'.
>
> Any help is greatly appreceated.
>
> Matthias[/color]