Have the input be your verb, a 1, and the 2-5 digit number. E.g., instead of
entering 012, the user enters 1012. Then you can strip off the leading 1 after
you have converted the input to a string.
Some users will forget, and there's no way to know if a leading 1 should have
been entered as 11. Maybe apply Benford's Law and use 9 to preserve any
leading 0s. Maybe none of your data uses an initial 9, as in the examples you
give, so typos could be detected.
... peter
On 09/23/16 01:12 PM, Skip Cave 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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