Question

I have a requirement in doing some conversion work to send over a decimal field into a zero filled string.

I need to turn 1234.56 into 000000000123456

I know I can multiply by 100 to get rid of the decimal (not my favorite thing to do), but then how can i format it to match the requirement?

I’m assuming there’s some kind of built in Format method, i just can’t find it.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I’d try this: How to: Pad a Number with Leading Zeros

You can pad an integer with leading zeros by using the “D” standard
numeric format string together with a precision specifier. You can pad
both integer and floating-point numbers with leading zeros by using a
custom numeric format string. This topic shows how to use both methods
to pad a number with leading zeros.