Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

ZeroNum ( number ; len )

Returns a number with leading zeroes

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  Sample input:
ZeroNum ( 123 ; 7 )
  Sample output:
0000123

  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Returns a string containing the number with as many leading "0" characters as needed to reach the given total length.

In: number - the number to format
len - the total length of the
returned string

Return type: Text

 

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