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Re: anything like sprintf? [message #58818 is a reply to message #58817]

Mon, 18 February 2008 04:40

lasse
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On 18 Feb, 12:28, Yann Zoll <y_z2...@yahoo.de> wrote:
> Hi newsgroup.
>
> I just wonder if there is any good looking way to do apply a preceding
> zero to a string if value is less than 10.
> To build a time string from integer values of hour, minute, second.
> In perl there is the sprintf command to do this. Is there anything like
> this in IDL?
>
> Thx, Yann

Hi,

read about format codes in the IDL manual. There you will find that

x = 4
print, string(x, format='(I02)')

will do exactly that. Personally, I love format codes and that it is
well worth the effort to understand how to use them.

Cheers
Lasse Clausen

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		Re: anything like sprintf? By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 18 February 2008 09:11
		Re: anything like sprintf? By: Yann Zoll on Mon, 18 February 2008 05:52
		Re: anything like sprintf? By: lasse on Mon, 18 February 2008 05:35
		Re: anything like sprintf? By: Haje Korth on Mon, 18 February 2008 05:20
		Re: anything like sprintf? By: Yann Zoll on Mon, 18 February 2008 04:56
		Re: anything like sprintf? By: lasse on Mon, 18 February 2008 04:40
		Re: anything like sprintf? By: david[4] on Mon, 18 February 2008 03:43
		Re: anything like sprintf? By: Spon on Mon, 18 February 2008 03:43

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