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How do I pad leading Zeros?

brad_shannon
6 - Meteoroid

I have:

1234500

 

I want:

00001234500

 

I'm new.

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patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

The padleft function should do the trick: 

PadLeft([Field1],11,"0")

If it's a numeric field, you would want to add a tostring first:

 

PadLeft(tostring([Field1]),11,"0")
MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

@patrick_digan,

 

I know you're thinking, "I'm going to beat Marquee Crew" to the answer."  You know what?  You beat me!

 

Happy Friday :)

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brad_shannon
6 - Meteoroid

Thanks very much for that.

brad_shannon
6 - Meteoroid

Now if you could just finish up the rest of my broken workflow..  lol.

brad_shannon
6 - Meteoroid

I'll have to remember that - when all else fails.

jcornale
7 - Meteor

You all are brilliant. That's all. Cheers.

anthony123
8 - Asteroid

I'm new. What data types does this work with? Also, does it matter if it's VW String, VString, String?

anthony123
8 - Asteroid
 
LordNeilLord
15 - Aurora

Hey @anthony123

 

Any string will do

 

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