001 + 1 = 2 not 002 :(

mykeasaurus · Post by **mykeasaurus** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:18 am

I have a variable that is defined as 001 in a text file. every time my program runs it ads 1 to the variable. I need it to make it 002, but instead it turns the variable into just 2, removing the zeros. Ive tried adding 001, that didnt work. I cant add the zeros separate cause it will eventually become 010 and so on..

heres what im doing:

ReadIniFile>C:\Test\hello.txt,Ks,Number,id
Let>id=%id%

Let>%id%=%id%+001
Send>%id%

anyone know how to fix this?
thanks!

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:47 am

Support posted an elegant bit of code in another thread that you should be able to use. I adapted it a bit to generate a 3 digit number with leading zeroes.

Let>idnum=1
Let>idnum=00%idnum%
Let>idnum={copy("%idnum%",length("%idnum%")-2,3)}
MessageModal>%idnum%

If you test it with 1, 10, 100 you will see that it works very nicely yielding 001 010 100