NUMBER CONVERT TO STRING

[lilight]

HI

  ANYBODY know how to convert a number to a string

  for example i need to convert number 1-9999 to a string, but the number below the 1000 in the string should display as 0900 for 900, the number blow 1000should add a 0 befor in front of the number in the string.

 can anybody teach me how to do it?

[johnsold]

Read the Detailed Help for the Number to Decimal String function. It shows how to get a fixed width string.  Then you would need to replace the space characters with zeros.  Or use the Format Value function with an appropriate format string.

Lynn

[lilight]

hi

  I  have did what you suggested, but it does not works

  this is the vi

[smercurio_fc]

You did not properly read the documentation, or Lynn's response. What did you expect if you set a width of 0?

Read the help on the Format Into String function. Use %04d as your format string.

[aeastet · Accepted solution]

Like this

The VI below is in Labview 8.0

[smercurio_fc]

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@aeastet wrote:

Like this

The VI below is in Labview 8.0

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What is it that they say about teaching a man to fish instead of just giving them the full course?

As for aeastat's code, it can be reduced to this:

[smercurio_fc]

Note to self: If you want your response marked as the solution make sure you provide a picture to go along with the answer, regardless of whether you explicitly stated the answer in the response. Apparently kids these days like that flashy stuff.

[tbob]

Actually, what they really like is for us to do their coding for them.  I've succumbed to doing this a few times, but I try not to, and give them a description of what to do instead.  They usually don't like that.

[johnsold]

Most of them are allergic to the help files also.

Lynn

[Dennis_Knutson]

And allergic to the tutorials and shipping examples. Maybe a login to the forums could only be granted after completion of the new LabVIEW 101 tutorial. Id bet we'd see a huge drop in traffic.