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How to zero-pad a number?

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  • S SortaCore

    A padded number in a file name!

    // Set to padded number
    int fileCount = Directory.GetFiles("[censored]", "*.csv", SearchOption.AllDirectories).Length + 1;
    string fileCountStr = (fileCount <= 999 ? fileCount <= 99 ? fileCount <= 9 ? "000" : "00" : "0" : "") + fileCount;

    I think this should win an award for readability in a triply-nested ternary condition :rolleyes:.

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    PIEBALDconsult
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    It's so good to know that the hard work of the developers of String.PadLeft[^] and Int32.ToString[^] is providing so much joy to so many, other than you. By the way, what language is that? It can't be C#, or did you also override the + operator? :omg:

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      It's so good to know that the hard work of the developers of String.PadLeft[^] and Int32.ToString[^] is providing so much joy to so many, other than you. By the way, what language is that? It can't be C#, or did you also override the + operator? :omg:

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      PIEBALDconsult wrote:

      It can't be C#

      Really? ;P

      http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-GB/library/k1a63xkz.aspx[^]

      When one or both operands are of type string, + concatenates the string representations of the operands.


      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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        PIEBALDconsult wrote:

        It can't be C#

        Really? ;P

        http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-GB/library/k1a63xkz.aspx[^]

        When one or both operands are of type string, + concatenates the string representations of the operands.


        "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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        PIEBALDconsult
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        Richard Deeming wrote:

        When one or both operands are of type string

        Yes, and are they?

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        • P PIEBALDconsult

          Richard Deeming wrote:

          When one or both operands are of type string

          Yes, and are they?

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          PIEBALDconsult wrote:

          Yes, and are they?

          Yes, the first operand is a string. It's the result of the ternary operator:

          fileCount <= 999
          ? fileCount <= 99
          ? fileCount <= 9
          ? "000"
          : "00"
          : "0"
          : ""


          "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

          "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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          • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

            PIEBALDconsult wrote:

            Yes, and are they?

            Yes, the first operand is a string. It's the result of the ternary operator:

            fileCount <= 999
            ? fileCount <= 99
            ? fileCount <= 9
            ? "000"
            : "00"
            : "0"
            : ""


            "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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            PIEBALDconsult
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            And the second?

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            • P PIEBALDconsult

              It's so good to know that the hard work of the developers of String.PadLeft[^] and Int32.ToString[^] is providing so much joy to so many, other than you. By the way, what language is that? It can't be C#, or did you also override the + operator? :omg:

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              SortaCore
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              I think I wrote it in one of those points in the week where I just couldn't think. X| Methinks I'll replace it tomorrow.

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              • P PIEBALDconsult

                And the second?

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                PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                And the second?

                Doesn't matter. The documentation clearly states, "When one or both operands are of type string...", so the type of the other operand is irrelevant.


                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                  PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                  And the second?

                  Doesn't matter. The documentation clearly states, "When one or both operands are of type string...", so the type of the other operand is irrelevant.


                  "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                  Big Daddy Farang
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                  I missed that the first time also. :)

                  BDF The internet makes dumb people dumber and clever people cleverer. -- PaulowniaK

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                  • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                    PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                    And the second?

                    Doesn't matter. The documentation clearly states, "When one or both operands are of type string...", so the type of the other operand is irrelevant.


                    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                    PIEBALDconsult
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                    Where do you see that in the documentation? I don't even see + in the documentation. And what idiot thought that was a good idea? :wtf: Time to find a new language; this one's becoming VB. X| Edit: I finally found it; it's not documented with String; what a POS. :thumbsdown: I'm fairly sure that no self-respecting C# professional uses it that way.

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                    • P PIEBALDconsult

                      Where do you see that in the documentation? I don't even see + in the documentation. And what idiot thought that was a good idea? :wtf: Time to find a new language; this one's becoming VB. X| Edit: I finally found it; it's not documented with String; what a POS. :thumbsdown: I'm fairly sure that no self-respecting C# professional uses it that way.

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                      It's the link that I posted in my previous message: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-GB/library/k1a63xkz.aspx[^]


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                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                      • P PIEBALDconsult

                        Where do you see that in the documentation? I don't even see + in the documentation. And what idiot thought that was a good idea? :wtf: Time to find a new language; this one's becoming VB. X| Edit: I finally found it; it's not documented with String; what a POS. :thumbsdown: I'm fairly sure that no self-respecting C# professional uses it that way.

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                        PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                        I'm fairly sure that no self-respecting C# professional uses it that way.

                        Heh, I go for the shorter version. If it doesn't make sense with a mishmash of ints/strings I use brackets or ToString(). Like for:

                        int i = 124, j = 253;
                        string s = "JD" + i + j; // Could be two things and no one wants to look up operator precedence, so instead...
                        string t = "JD" + (i + j);

                        But yeah, usually I don't bother. Although, theoretically, I could now do

                        string s = 0; // won't initialise
                        string t = "" + 0; // will work fine O.o

                        So, let's get back to self-respecting... :rolleyes:

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                        • P PIEBALDconsult

                          Where do you see that in the documentation? I don't even see + in the documentation. And what idiot thought that was a good idea? :wtf: Time to find a new language; this one's becoming VB. X| Edit: I finally found it; it's not documented with String; what a POS. :thumbsdown: I'm fairly sure that no self-respecting C# professional uses it that way.

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                          PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                          I'm fairly sure that no self-respecting C# professional uses it that way.

                          Heh, I go for the shorter version. If it doesn't make sense with a mishmash of ints/strings I use brackets or ToString() to clarify.

                          int i = 124, j = 253;
                          string s = "JD" + i + j; // Could be two things and no one wants to look up operator precedence, so instead...
                          string t = "JD" + (i + j);

                          But yeah, usually I don't bother. Although, theoretically, I could now do

                          string s = 0; // won't initialise
                          string t = "" + 0; // will work fine O.o

                          So, let's get back to self-respecting... :rolleyes:

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                            PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                            I'm fairly sure that no self-respecting C# professional uses it that way.

                            Heh, I go for the shorter version. If it doesn't make sense with a mishmash of ints/strings I use brackets or ToString() to clarify.

                            int i = 124, j = 253;
                            string s = "JD" + i + j; // Could be two things and no one wants to look up operator precedence, so instead...
                            string t = "JD" + (i + j);

                            But yeah, usually I don't bother. Although, theoretically, I could now do

                            string s = 0; // won't initialise
                            string t = "" + 0; // will work fine O.o

                            So, let's get back to self-respecting... :rolleyes:

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                            string t = System.String.Format ( "JD{0}" , i + j ) ;

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                              string t = System.String.Format ( "JD{0}" , i + j ) ;

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                              Make that:

                              string t = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "JD{0:D}", i + j);

                              You typically don't want culture-specific formatting or group separators in the result.


                              "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                              "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                              • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                                Make that:

                                string t = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "JD{0:D}", i + j);

                                You typically don't want culture-specific formatting or group separators in the result.


                                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                                PIEBALDconsult
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                                I've never had that problem.

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                                • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                                  Make that:

                                  string t = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "JD{0:D}", i + j);

                                  You typically don't want culture-specific formatting or group separators in the result.


                                  "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                                  SortaCore
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                                  And of course don't forget to set the string to "" at the end, else if the garbage collector is a little slow you might run out of memory! Better yet, just keep re-using global strings.

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                                  • S SortaCore

                                    A padded number in a file name!

                                    // Set to padded number
                                    int fileCount = Directory.GetFiles("[censored]", "*.csv", SearchOption.AllDirectories).Length + 1;
                                    string fileCountStr = (fileCount <= 999 ? fileCount <= 99 ? fileCount <= 9 ? "000" : "00" : "0" : "") + fileCount;

                                    I think this should win an award for readability in a triply-nested ternary condition :rolleyes:.

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                                    Dennis_E
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                                    Wonderful code! When I was new to programming I used to do something like this too. Then I figured out a trick: just add 1.000.000.000 to the number and take the last 4 characters. Now I just use PadLeft, PadRight or Format

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