Hi Bonnie... wonder if you know whats wrong with this line:
string MyNum1
MyNum1 = dr["num_nexta"].ToString().PadLeft(5,"0" );

Its coming up with 2 error messages :
...has some invalid arguments
...argument '2' cannot accept string to char

Regards,
Gerard




>Gerard,
>
>.NET string types have Substring methods. Integer types have .ToString() methods.
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>~~Bonnie
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>>Another question on manipulating strings.
>>I have a numeric field (N 10) and I want to take the last 5 characters
>> and include it in a field with other text.
>>
>>e.g.
>>MyNewNum = "ABC" + Substr(str(MyNum),6,5) + 'XYZ'
>>to end up as : ABC00035XYZ (The 00035 is left zeroed MyNum)
>>
>>How would this be done in c sharp.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>>Gerard