Example Frames

Figure 129. Tip14.scr Pads a Number with Leading Zeros

Copy: QTY

Copies the quantity value in the default register into the INPUT SIZE

 

register.

Modify:

Reverses the order of digits in the INPUT SIZE register.

REVERSE1

 

Copy: ZEROS

Copies six zeros to the end of the value in the INPUT SIZE register.

Copy: 1ST SIX

Copies the first six digits in the INPUT SIZE register back into the

 

Quantity field of the default register. Any zeros beyond the sixth digit are

 

dropped.

Modify:

Reverses the six characters in the default register, returning the original

REVERSE2

input to the correct order with leading zeros.

This technique can be used with any fixed length by simply changing the fixed length of the second template and providing enough zeros in the Copy node.

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PT Program Generator (PPG) v5.0