Re: Splitting a string

On Thursday 16 November 2006 01:12, Robert Cummings wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 10:47 +1100, Chris wrote: > > Børge Holen wrote: > > > Oh this was good. > > > I added a while loop to insert extra strings "0" in front of the number > > > to add if the string is less than 5 chars short. > > > > sprintf is your friend here, no need to use a loop. > > > > sprintf('%05d', '1234'); > > No need to use a sledgehammer when a screwdriver will suffice: > > <?php > > echo str_pad( '1234', 5, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT ) Yes this is perfect. Thanks... I repeat this step for about a few hundred values. So this speedup is greatly appreciated. > > ?> > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- > .------------------------------------------------------------. > > | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | > | > :------------------------------------------------------------: > : > | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | > | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | > | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | > | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | > | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | > > `------------------------------------------------------------' -- --- Børge Kennel Arivene http://www.arivene.net ---