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Novice Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 40

Okay you guys. I have on my status bar an alarm that ticks down time for something to happen.

It looks like

Reboot: 1:54:9

I'm a bit of a picky person, so I want to put a zero infront of that nine. I have tried

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 5:51 am

A concat will work fine:

%if(%len(@rebootsecond)=1,%concat("0",@rebootsecond),@rebootsecond)

Novice Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 40

Isn't there a way to do it with out the %if statement.
I remember once along time ago, there was just a way to format it using two functions that it would just come out right, while not using the %if functions.

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:18 am

%format function only pads it with spaces, not with preceding zeros, if its not the right length. An %if statement like the one above is the best way to do it, however, there is another way:

%replace(%format("&2.0n",@Reboot_Seconds)," ","0")

Apprentice Joined: 28 Sep 2001 Posts: 103 Location: USA

or you can try
%right(%concat("0",@Reboot_Seconds),2)

Novice Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 40

Danlo, that is exactly what i was looking for..
Grrr, why didn't i think of using the replace function...

Thanks

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

%if( @reboot_second < 10, 0)@reboot_second

Novice Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 40

Thanks LightBulb for answering.
The information you supply is allways helpfull. The solution you posted here is the one my partner came up with. But I didn't like the idea of using an if function in the status bar.
So I have a question, Which is better (if there is a difference) to use, the if function or a combinations of format and replace functions?

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

How do you define better? The %if function is shorter, easier to read, and requires less processing.

A function is a function. If you don't mind using %format and %replace, there's no reason you should object to %if.