Use numberformat
#numberformat(num1,"000000000")#

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:50:01 -0500, Jeff Waris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone have a good technique they use to make a "fixed width" variable
> to insert into a text file?
> 
> For example I have an order number, it can be 3,4,5 or 6 characters long
> 
> Lets say:
> 123
> 1234
> 12345
> 123456
> 
> ...and I need to format them at 9 characters long by inserting 0's in the
> beginning:
> 000000123
> 000001234
> 000012345
> 000123456
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff
> 
> 

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