paddedstring.pro

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paddedstring.pro

Last modification date:: Thu Jun 2 23:56:08 2005

paddedstring

function paddedstring(number, [precision=integer])

Format a number as a string, ensuring that it is padded with a leading zero so that there are always 2 digits before the optional decimal point. This could be generalized for use with numbers larger than 2 digits before the decimal point, but that is all I needed for now.

Returns: string representation of number at given precision.
Version: $Id: paddedstring.pro,v 1.2 2004/11/17 21:47:51 bgarwood Exp $

Parameters

number
in, required
numeric The number to convert.

Keywords

precision
in, optional
integer The number of characters after the decimal point. If precision is 0 (the default), no decimal point appears in the returned value.

Produced by IDLdoc 1.6 on Thu Jun 2 23:56:57 2005

Keywords
precision in, optional integer	The number of characters after the decimal point. If precision is 0 (the default), no decimal point appears in the returned value.