VB2008 fixed string and fill the rest with zeros

[mnavas]

I need to format a string in a fixed number of characters.

For example, if someone type TWO

It has too save in the variable

000TWO

if type THREE

0THREE

Always 6 characters and fill the rest with zeros on the left.

Any idea?

[BadgerBadger]

Subtract the fixed number of characters from the length of the string the user inputs.
Add the zeros that many times beforehand.

[Negative0]

You can use the PadLeft function:

        Dim s As String = "TWO"
        s = s.PadLeft(6, "0"c)
        MessageBox.Show(s)

[mnavas]

Thanks Negative0, I didn't know about the padleft function. worked perfectly