You're padding left to something that is already 10 characters long. Try:

Padl(Alltrim(Str(n)), 2, "0")

In fact, you can just use

Padl(n, 2, "0")

Alan

>We are using VFP7 SP1.
>Here's what we are seeing...
>
>

>?PADL("0",2,"0")
>

>Returns "00"
>
>

>n=0
>?STR(n)
>

>Returns "0"
>
>

>n = 0
>?PADL(STR(n),2,"0")
>

>Returns ""
>Should this not return "00"?