How about my $formatted = sprintf("%05d", $number);
-----Original Message----- From: SilverFox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Playing with Numbers Hi all, i'm trying to figure out how to test if a number is five digits and if not add zero/s in front to make it 5 digits. Any ideas????? Examples: 444 = 00444 4120 = 04120 23 = 00023 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]