how to show number in hexdecimal format of given length

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Hi all,

  I want to show a 32bit number in hexdecimal format. In the number control, right click menu and I click into the "Display Format", I can change the format to hex. But I wonder if there is any way to show the hex number with given number of places holder. In C language, I can plot the number as

printf( "%.10x", number)

so to keep the result for total 10 places. I find an "advanced editing mode" in "Display Format" but I didn't get the "%.10x" work. Any idea? 

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

Hexdecimal number are integers, so there should be no period in the format. You don't need the advanced format.

SImply set the format to hexadecimal, set a minimum field width, and pad with zeroes on the left.

[crossrulz]

A 32-bit number can only be represented by 8 hexidecimal digits.  So I would use %08x for the format.