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Re: question of formatting with PaddedForm

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  • Subject: [mg28576] Re: [mg28556] question of formatting with PaddedForm
  • From: "Sherman Reed" <sherman.reed at worldnet.att.net>
  • Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 21:36:01 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <200104270756.DAA12785@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi,
when I look at the references in Help, they appear to work just as you
state.
I would have expected the results you want
Sherman C. Reed
sherman.reed at att.net
----- Original Message -----
From: <jabauer at oanet.com>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg28576] [mg28556] question of formatting with PaddedForm


> Hello all,
>
> I am having some difficulties getting a formatted output to look like I
> 'think' it should look. What I want looks like this (three digits, padded
> with leading zeros for numbers less than 100):
>
> 098
> 099
> 100
> 101
> 102
> 103
> 104
> 105
>
>
> But, when I try this:
>
> For[i = 98, i <= 105,
>   Print[PaddedForm[i, 2, NumberPadding -> {"0", "0"},
> SignPadding ->
> False]];
>   i++]
>
>
> I get this:
>
> 098
> 099
> 0100
> 0101
> 0102
> 0103
> 0104
> 0105
>
>
> I only want three digits, not the extra leading zero for values >= 100.
Can
> anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance.
>
>         Jim
>
> ps - I tried to post this a couple of days ago but it didn't show up.
>
>
>
>
>
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