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Zero pad a number

Given the number 42, pad it to 8 characters like 00000042
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perl
sprintf("%08d", 42);
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java
String formatted = new DecimalFormat("00000000").format(42);
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java 1.5 or later
String formatted = String.format("%08d", 42);
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clojure clojure
(defn pad
([x] (if (> 8 (.length (str x))) (pad (str 0 x)) (str x)))
)
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clojure clojure
(defn pad [x]
(format "%08d" x))
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clojure
(format "%08d" 42)
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erlang
Formatted = io_lib:format("~8..0B", [42]),
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erlang
io:format("~8..0B~n", [42]).

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