From: "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder@...>
Date: 2006-07-23T14:50:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Function for integers to displayed with same number of d

Adrian Fraiha wrote:
> Michael W. Ryder wrote:
>> Adrian Fraiha wrote:
>>> Is there or a function, or anyone know of a hack without using if else 
>>> statements extensivley to have numbers displayed, such as 1 as 0001, 100 
>>> as 0100, 1000 as 1000 etc?
>>>
>>> Anyhelp is appreciated, thanks!
>>>
>> irb(main):001:0> "%04d" % 1
>> => "0001"
> 
> Hey, thanks to both of you for your help. I had no idea Modulus acted 
> like that.
> 

It's the first Instance method for the String class in the Pickaxe book.