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On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:42:07 -0500, ComputerGuy wrote:

> I want a function to pad a digit with preceding zeroes of a
> predetermined length.  For example, Pad(345,5) will give me
> "00345" and Pad(4,5) will give me "00004".
> 
> Is there a Java function that does this?

It is easy to write using the DecimalFormat class:
 
    public static String pad( int value, int length ) {
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat();
        df.setMinimumIntegerDigits( length );
        df.setGroupingUsed( false );
        return df.format( value );
    }

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Regards,

John McGrath [TeamB]

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