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Jack Kelly
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USING() enhancement
« Thread started on: Aug 24^th, 2016, 6:06pm »

If there is a future release of LBB, I would like to see a small enhancement to the USING() function -- a zero (0) template character which would create a non-significant leading zero, or accept a non-zero digit.

For example:
using("0#", 0) = 00
using("0#", 3) = 03
using("0#", 57) = 57

To achieve this currently, one must code a search and replace loop.

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tsh73
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Re: USING() enhancement
« Reply #1 on: Aug 24^th, 2016, 6:31pm »

Code:

data 0, 3, 57
for i = 1 to 3
    read x
    print right$("00";x, 2)
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Re: USING() enhancement
« Reply #2 on: Oct 18^th, 2016, 07:06am »

What about my idea for '0' as a template character. It would be very helpful especially in date routines where the user enters a one digit day or month and the date string requires 'mmddyy' for example.

I understand that Anatoly's suggestion is a next-best workaround.

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