Just what I needed, Alex ...

Thanks.

Ray
> yes, just read the value in, check its length and then add 0s until its 
the
> right length
> 
> something like this:
> 
> var sNum = oField.text;
> for(i=0;i<(7-sNum.length);i++) sNum = "0" + sNum;
> oField.text = sNum;
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Murphy [mailto:raymurphy@g...]
> Sent: 15 August 2001 09:39
> To: javascript
> Subject: [javascript] Padding with Leading Zeroes
> 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I've got an input field (numeric) on a form, which will eventually be 
> passed into a search function where the associated field on the database 
> holds up to seven characters. Suppose a value on the database is held as
> '0000197', I don't want to force the user to enter the leading zeroes - 
so 
> here I'd like to allow the user to enter '197', then have my code pad 
the 
> value entered by the user to be '0000197' so that value can be passed 
down 
> to the search function.
> 
> Should this be easy to do in Javascript ?
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ray