Re: format number with leading non-zero

Thank you very much, I don't if the solution is so simple. Hehe


----- Original Message ----
> From: Bob McConnell <[email protected]>
> To: beginner perl mailling list <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 23:40:29
> Subject: RE: format number with leading non-zero
> 
> Just insert the literal digit in the format and trim the size
> accordingly.
> 
> sprintf("1%08d", $number);
> 
> Bob McConnell
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:05 AM
> To: beginner perl mailling list
> Subject: format number with leading non-zero
> 
> Hello, I want to format a number to become a 9 digits representation,
> every time it must have an integer 1 at the front.
> 
> E.g 
> 123 become 100000123
> 123456 become 100123456
> 
> If I use sprintf I can only make it to have leading zero such as
> sprintf("%09d", $number);
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> William
> 
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