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I need to pad 0 to a number on the right. to make it 9 digit in total.
My number is 2457
output should be 245700000
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I need to read in the string from input file and reform it by cut each segment and check the last segement lenght. If the last segment length is not as expected (see below segment file or table. It is predefined), then pad enough space.
Old string
FU22222222CA6666666666AKxvbFMddreeadBP999... (11 Replies)
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I need to read in the string from input file and reform it by cut each segment and check the last segement lenght. If the last segment length is not as expected (see below segment file or table. It is predefined), then pad enough space.
Old string
FU22222222CA6666666666AKxvbFMddreeadBP999... (1 Reply)
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I need to right-pad with zeros a string by using (s)printf.
I looked up the manual and tried with
printf("%-19s", buffer);
which right-pad the string with spaces. So I tried
printf("%019s", buffer);
which left-pad the string with zeros. So I tried both
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Pad zeros to a number and assign it to a variable
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Hi can I know command to pad Zeros to a value
I get 16 and I need to send 0000000016 (5 Replies)
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