Displaying score with zeros in front of var (i.e. 0025 instead of 25)

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I am trying to display a score variable in my GUI with a certain amount of zeros in front of the variable number. So instead of showing my score as "25" I want to be displayed as "0025".

This sounds like a simple thing to do, but I'm not sure how to google an answer.

Here's my code:

 #pragma strict

 var LabelPoints : UILabel;
 
 function Awake(){
 Money = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("Money");
 Points = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("Points");
 
 }
 
 function Update (){
 // this tells the label to update the points score GUI label
 LabelPoints.text = ""+points.Points;
 
 }
 
 function GetMoney  (){
 // this adds +1 to the score in the points script
  points.Points+=1;
 
 }

Answer 1

Answer by Bunny83 · Aug 17, 2013 at 08:31 PM

Just use ToString like this:

     LabelPoints.text = ""+points.Points.ToString("0000");

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hellobard · Aug 18, 2013 at 08:56 AM 0

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$$anonymous$$any thanks to all three for great alternative methods! Bunny83's method was the simplest to implement and works perfectly. Cheers for the quick help!

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Answer by Slobdell · Aug 17, 2013 at 08:38 PM

You can display it as a string instead and put the 0s in front. I'm going to show you in C# but it should be just about the same in javascript with minor differences you can figure out.

 // Change to how many digits you want
 int scoreLength = 4;
 
 // this is the score
 int score = 25
 
 // score as a string
 string scoreString = score.toString();
 
 // get number of 0s needed
 int numZeros = scoreLength - scoreString.length();
 
 string newScore;
 for(int i = 0; i < numZeros; i++){
      newScore += "0";
 }
 
 newScore += scoreSting;
 
 // your newScore will now be "0025"

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Tokusunei · Apr 17, 2019 at 01:42 AM 0

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Thanks! XD I know this is back from 2013, but I got it working!

Answer 3

Answer by RomanorumLegio · Aug 17, 2013 at 08:28 PM

In your string, you could add the amount of zeros you want, and have if statements to change the number of zeros.

For example:

 function Update (){
     if(points.Points <= 9){
         LabelPoints.text = "000" + points.Points;
     }
     if(points.Points <= 99){
         if(points.Points >= 10){
             LabelPoints.text = "00" + points.Points;
         }
     }
 }

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Answer by tenryu · Jul 09, 2017 at 07:28 PM

The correct way to do this in C# is:

  int intValue = 1023983;
     
 // Display integer values by calling the ToString method.
 Console.WriteLine("{0,22}", intValue.ToString("D8");
    
 // Display the same integer values by using composite formatting.
 Console.WriteLine("{0,22:D8} {0,22:X8}", intValue);
   
 // The example displays the following output:
 //                     01023983

Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/how-to-pad-a-number-with-leading-zeros

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