How to customize strings with Format method?

[Diego F]

Hello, I'm not sure about how to customize formats in strings. I.e, I want a string that is an integer number, but with some zeros at the beginning to have a certain length. So, if I have an integer value: i = 1, I want to convert it to string so it gets: "000001", with length 6. I'm trying with i.ToString(), trying to guess which format to put to achieve that. Do you know the solution?

Regards, Diego F.

[Diego F]

I found other way to get that without the format method. I used the Padleft method and I get the same :)

Regards, Diego F.

[PIEBALDconsult]

ToString ( "000000" )

[Luc Pattyn]

or ToString("D6"); analogous to ToString("X8"); for hex

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[Diego F]

I was sure it was simple, but is soooo simple that I'm feeling embarrased :doh:

Regards, Diego F.