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I'm trying to find a good way to print leading 0, such as 01001 for a ZIP Code. While the number would be stored as 1001, what is a good way to do it?
I thought of using either case statements or if to figure out how many digits the number is and then convert it to an char array with extra 0's for printing, but I can't help but think there may be a way to do this with the printf format syntax that is eluding me.
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Step 1: Get the Number N and number of leading zeros P. Step 2: Convert the number to string using the ToString() method and to pad the string use the formatted string argument “0000” for P= 4. val = N. ToString("0000");
If the position of zero before bit is set to one, they are termed as leading zeros.
%s refers to a string %d refers to an integer %c refers to a character. Therefore: %s%d%s%c\n prints the string "The first character in sting ", %d prints i, %s prints " is ", and %c prints str[0].
To pad an integer with leading zeros to a specific length To display the integer as a decimal value, call its ToString(String) method, and pass the string "Dn" as the value of the format parameter, where n represents the minimum length of the string.
printf("%05d", zipCode); The 0 indicates what you are padding with and the 5 shows the width of the integer number.
Example 1: If you use "%02d" (useful for dates) this would only pad zeros for numbers in the ones column. E.g., 06 instead of 6.
Example 2: "%03d" would pad 2 zeros for one number in the ones column and pad 1 zero for a number in the tens column. E.g., number 7 padded to 007 and number 17 padded to 017.
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The correct solution is to store the ZIP Code in the database as a STRING. Despite the fact that it may look like a number, it isn't. It's a code, where each part has meaning.
A number is a thing you do arithmetic on. A ZIP Code is not that.
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