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> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Waris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 1:06 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Fixed Width variable question. > > Maybe I didn't explain this good enough... LOL Its Monday.... > > I know that I can format a number with numberformat... I'd like to apply > this to text variables as well... > > Lets say I am interested in doing this... > > 123 > 1234 > 12345 > 123456 > > Setting them so they would be > 123 > 1234 > 12345 > 123456 > > Or maybe a better example.... > Cat > Apple > Orange > > (Instead of 0's, using spaces...) > > > Basically I am trying to output fields in a query to a text file in a fixed > width fasion, Field 1 allow only 5 chars, field 2 allow only 11 chars, > etc... That way each field would have a certain column start and finsh in > the text file... > > Hope I was more clear this time.. :) > > Jeff > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Katz, Dov B (IT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 1:54 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Fixed Width variable question. > > > > > > I think #numberFormat(num,"000000000")# should do the trick. -dbk > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff Waris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 1:50 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Fixed Width variable question. > > > > Does anyone have a good technique they use to make a "fixed > > width" variable to insert into a text file? > > > > For example I have an order number, it can be 3,4,5 or 6 > > characters long > > > > Lets say: > > 123 > > 1234 > > 12345 > > 123456 > > > > ...and I need to format them at 9 characters long by > > inserting 0's in the > > beginning: > > 000000123 > > 000001234 > > 000012345 > > 000123456 > > > > > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:186338 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
