Number of characters

[richietheprogrammer]

Hi guys,

I am trying to grab a number from somewhere, and I want that if the number is less than 6 digits, to fill the rest with 0's. So if the digit is 1234, I want to grab 001234. Can anyone help me? I'd appreciate it !

[somdcomputerguy]

Maybe StringLen can be used? If they truly are numbers, don't forget to convert (to a string) first. And after.

[sahsanu]

I am trying to grab a number from somewhere, and I want that if the number is less than 6 digits, to fill the rest with 0's. So if the digit is 1234, I want to grab 001234.

Hard way:

#include <array.au3>
Local $array[5] = ["123456","123","1","1234567","12345"]

For $i=0 to UBound($array)-1
    $len=StringLen($array[$i])
    If $len < 6 Then
        For $j=$len+1 To 6
            $array[$i]= 0 & $array[$i]
        Next
    EndIf
Next

_ArrayDisplay($array)

Easy way?:

#include <array.au3>
Local $array[5] = ["123456","123","","1234567","12345"]

For $i=0 to UBound($array)-1
    $array[$i]=StringFormat("%06s",$array[$i])
Next

_ArrayDisplay($array)

[richietheprogrammer]

Thanks, thats the easy part. So far I have:

$number=inputbox("","","")

if stringlen($number) < 6 Then
    
    $amountof0s= 6-stringlen($number)
    msgbox(0,"", $amountof0s&$number)
    EndIf

This gives me the number of 0's, not the actual 0's. For example if I put 123, it will say "3123". How can I get it to say "000123"? Thanks again

[richietheprogrammer]

Hard way:

#include <array.au3>
Local $array[5] = ["123456","123","1","1234567","12345"]

For $i=0 to UBound($array)-1
    $len=StringLen($array[$i])
    If $len < 6 Then
        For $j=$len+1 To 6
            $array[$i]= 0 & $array[$i]
        Next
    EndIf
Next

_ArrayDisplay($array)

Easy way?:

#include <array.au3>
Local $array[5] = ["123456","123","","1234567","12345"]

For $i=0 to UBound($array)-1
    $array[$i]=StringFormat("%06s",$array[$i])
Next

_ArrayDisplay($array)

Thanks for this. I can see that it works with the given array, but how can we make that array a variable?

[richietheprogrammer]

Well, this works.

#include <array.au3>
$answer=inputbox("","")
Local $array[1] = [$answer]

For $i=0 to UBound($array)-1     
    $array[$i]=StringFormat("%06s",$array[$i]) 
    Next
_ArrayDisplay($array)

[richietheprogrammer]

Well, this works.

#include <array.au3>
$answer=inputbox("","")
Local $array[1] = [$answer]

For $i=0 to UBound($array)-1     
    $array[$i]=StringFormat("%06s",$array[$i]) 
    Next
_ArrayDisplay($array)

But instead of _ArrayDisplay($array), how can I Msgbox($array)?

[sahsanu]

But instead of _ArrayDisplay($array), how can I Msgbox($array)?

I've used an array just as an example, you can use whatever you want.

$answer = inputbox("","")
$answer = StringFormat("%06s",$answer)
MsgBox(0,"",$answer)

[richietheprogrammer]

I've used an array just as an example, you can use whatever you want.

$answer = inputbox("","")
$answer = StringFormat("%06s",$answer)
MsgBox(0,"",$answer)

Hehe, I was about to paste that same code Thanks again!!