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st: RE: ad a ZERO to the front for a string variable
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Nick Cox <[email protected]> 
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"'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> 
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st: RE: ad a ZERO to the front for a string variable 
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Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:06:51 +0000 
It's just another character. 
replace mystrvar = "0" + mystrvar 
Nick 
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lars Folkestad
Sent: 16 December 2011 12:59
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: ad a ZERO to the front for a string variable
Dear List
How do i add a ZERO (0) to the front of a string variable?
lars
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