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Old 08-07-2008
Cheating?

If you have an all numerical string you can use

x=001100
((x=x))

What happens is that the "let" function cuts all leading zeros when doing an operation (in this case setting x to the value of x). Its really sort of a "hack" but it is by far the easiest way... Smilie
 
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NAME
host.conf - resolver configuration file DESCRIPTION
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