Padding a fixed number with leading zeros upto a fixed length

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Crystal report using VS2010. I am trying a to create a formula for the following scenario:

x = any number (Fixed number of 8 digits, cant be less or greater)

If Length of X is less than 8, pad the required amount of 0's in the front to make its length 8. Result should also be a number and not a string.

Eg:

X = 123
Result of Formula should be 00000123

X = 9
Result of Formula should be 00000009
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Posted 11-Jun-12 15:12pm

ShaikhM

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Jun-12 21:21pm

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ShaikhM · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-11T16:17:00

Solution 1

I got it

Right("0000"&{MyFieldToPad},8)

Works perfectly as I want it to.

Posted 11-Jun-12 16:17pm

ShaikhM