Or just use numberFormat(01011+7, "00000") in your expression to repad the athimetic result with zeros.
cheers, barneyb On 2/16/06, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have the code below doing this where 01011 is a zip code. > > So I would like the output to be 01018 as the appended value > > in the array but right now I am getting 1018 (leading 0 > > getting cut off) I tried listappend and it does the same > > thing. Val() and tostring() didn't seem to do much either. Any ideas? > > > > ArrayAppend(myArrayList2,01011+7); > > CF doesn't keep leading zeros for numeric values. You're treating the zip > code as a numeric value, by using it as an operand in numeric addition. So, > naturally, you're losing the leading zero. Offhand, I'm not sure how I'd go > about doing this - you don't typically use zip codes in numeric operations - > but you could write a function that performs the numeric addition, then > checks the length of the value to see if it's four or five digits. If it's > four, you can reasonably assume that the first character was a zero before > the addition. You could then plop it back on the front of the value. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:232550 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
