This is not a property of format, but a property of numbers.

These are numerically equivalent:

   1
   01
   001
   0001
   00001
   000001
   0000001
   00000001

and so on...

If you are concerned with the textual distinction you should be
working with text and not numbers.

Thanks,

-- 
Raul



On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Skip Cave <s...@caveconsulting.com> wrote:
> I have a verb that users can enter, followed by a 2-5 digit number that the
> user enters.
>
>
> The input is typed in as a verb followed by a number, but the number can
> have leading zeros
>
>
>    ": 123
>
> 123
>
>    #": 123
>
> 3                 NB. What I would expect
>
>    ": 1305610
>
> 1305610
>
>    #": 1305610
>
> 7                 NB. Also expected
>
>
>    ":012
>
> 12
>
>    #":012
>
> 2                 NB. 😠  Not what I expected.
>
>
>    ":000345
>
> 345
>
>    #":000345
>
> 3
>
>
>    ":00034500
>
> 34500
>
> #":00034500
>
> 5
>
>
>
> NB. 😵 It drops leading zeros instead of just converting them to text!
>
>
> It doesn't drop internal zeros or trailing zeros, just leading zeros and
> only zeros. Not very consistent.
>
>
> I need to have the numeric input typed after a verb be converted to a
> character string that is an exact copy of the input number. I could require
> that the input be quoted, but would prefer to not have require that.
>
>
> Skip
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Skip Cave
> Cave Consulting LLC
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