How to get leading zeros while conversion from integer to string

[Jugmike]

Hi
I want to have a format while conversion from integer to string i want that string has 5 digits and if integer has 3 digits only then it is represented like 00122. There is programming which i can do to achieve the same but just wanted to know if .net provides for the same
Thanks
Jugmike

[SammyB]

Hi
I want to have a format while conversion from integer to string i want that string has 5 digits and if integer has 3 digits only then it is represented like 00122. There is programming which i can do to achieve the same but just wanted to know if .net provides for the same
Thanks
Jugmike

Yep, remember that in DotNet, everything is an object, so if you have an integer variable, n, then n.ToString("000 00") gives you "00122".

Dim n As Integer = 122
MsgBox(n.ToString("00000"))