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DarthVader
DarthVader

Reputation: 55022

Converting string to int without losing the zero in the beginning

I tried int.parse, and convert class to convert a string to int.

While I'm converting. I'm losing the 0 in the beginning which i don't want.

Ex : 09999 becomes 9999 - I don't want this.

I want to keep it as it is.

How can i do that?

Upvotes: 17

Views: 37782

Answers (11)

Erfan
Erfan

Reputation: 1

I had same problem; Solved it with an if else Couldn't find another solution for it

Upvotes: 0

Gauravsa
Gauravsa

Reputation: 6514

Although this is a old thread, but this can also help:

// convert to big integer
var bigIntBits = BigInteger.Parse(intNumber);
int indexOfOne = intNumber.IndexOf('1');            
string backToString = new string('0', indexOfOne) + bigIntBits.ToString();

Upvotes: 0

Tushar
Tushar

Reputation: 31

// For our requirement that new ID's should be of same length as old ID's.
string strID = "002017";
int number = int.Parse(strID);
string newID = (++number).ToString("D" + strID.Length);

Upvotes: 1

Nme
Nme

Reputation: 391

myNumber.ToString("D5");

//D represents 'Decimal', and 5 is the specified amount of digits you want the number to be always. This will pad your value with zeroes until it reaches 5 digits.

Upvotes: 39

aruss
aruss

Reputation: 354

you cant, but if you need to cast it to int and keep the zeros you can create a copy of it and then cast it to int, then you will have two versions of it one as int and one as string.

Upvotes: 0

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 1088

If you are just converting to int to test the value, keep the original data around and use the string value of it when you want the leading zeor. If you require the integer to have zero padding after mathematically working with it you will have to format it with sprintf or the like whenever you output it.

Upvotes: 0

lincolnk
lincolnk

Reputation: 11238

If you want to do something like always print your number with 5 places, it goes like

myNumber.ToString().PadLeft(5, '0');

Upvotes: 10

Andrey S
Andrey S

Reputation: 71

Int values cannot have leading zeros

Upvotes: 0

Ben Voigt
Ben Voigt

Reputation: 283614

No, int.Parse("09999") actually returns 0x0000270F. Exactly 32 bits (because that's how big int is), 18 of which are leading zeros (to be precise, one is a sign bit, you could argue there are only 17 leading zeros).

It's only when you convert it back to a string that you get "9999", presence or absence of the leading zero in said string is controlled by the conversion back to string.

Upvotes: 4

NickAldwin
NickAldwin

Reputation: 11744

You cannot. An int is meant to represent a mathematical integer. The numbers 09999 and 9999 are exactly the same number, mathematically.

Perhaps there is a different problem here. Why do you need to do this? Maybe there's a better way to do what you want to do.

Upvotes: 16

danielea
danielea

Reputation: 318

you cannot. you will have to maintain the value as a string if you want it to remain that way.

Upvotes: 0

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