On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:05:24AM -0400, Herb Hall wrote:
> $min = "0" . $min if $min < 10;
> 
> will pad your minutes with a 0. I have used both methods for various
> reasons. You probably only need to use one or the other. I would use the
> printf unless you have some need to have the variables padded with 0's.

printf will happily pad with zeroes for you:

    printf("%03d\n", 4);

outputs
       
    004

I see no real reason to use manual padding unless you're trying to be
consistent in the code.


Michael
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