Re: Leading Zeros?
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- Subject: [mg54339] Re: [mg54319] Leading Zeros?
- From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:31:39 -0500 (EST)
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On Feb 17, 2005, at 10:30 AM, AES wrote:
> A quick test seems to show that if I enter as an input line
>
> y = {001,002,003}; Print[y//FullForm];
>
> the output is List[1,2,3].
>
> Are the leading zeros gone forever? Does Mathematica have an official
> policy on capturing or storing leading zeros?
To control the display of leading zeroes use PaddedForm
PaddedForm[y, 2, NumberPadding -> {"0", "0"}]
Regards,
Ssezi
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- Leading Zeros?
- From: AES <siegman@stanford.edu>
- Leading Zeros?