On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 17:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am sure the answer to this question is very simple. I have a number value
> which I am inserting into a string I am building. How can I append the number
> into the string so that it will always be 2 characters in length? In other
> words if the month is 9, how can I make it appear as "09"?
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
$string = sprintf( '%02d', $number );
See `perldoc -f sprintf` for details.
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