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Posted: February 13 2008 at 22:00 | IP Logged Quote ginigma
I'm using month (today()) which returns "2" for this month. How can I get it to return "02", meaning I always want 2 chars returned, so if the month is < 10, pad it with a "0"?

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Posted: February 13 2008 at 22:24 | IP Logged Quote TonyNo
First, be careful. Month returns a number, not a string. Since you want a leading zero, this is a string...

Code:
if( month(today())<9, string( month(today()), "00"), string(month(today())) )
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Posted: February 13 2008 at 22:25 | IP Logged Quote JaredM
or just
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string(month(today()),"00")
will work for single and two-digit months.

Edited by JaredM - February 13 2008 at 22:26
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Posted: February 13 2008 at 22:49 | IP Logged Quote TonyNo
Well, sure, but mine looks more complicated!
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Posted: February 15 2008 at 00:01 | IP Logged Quote ginigma
Ok Tony, I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself   
Now it's the ph_run command.

This   
Code:
ph_run ("dir > c:\temp\mmm")
   returns -1, but I can't figure out the error. Is it taking the greater than sign literally instead of redirection?

Code:
ph_run ("dir " + char (62) + " c:\temp\mmm")
returns -1 also.

Thoughts?

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Posted: February 15 2008 at 07:07 | IP Logged Quote TonyNo
Heh. Here you go...

Code:
ph_run('cmd.exe /c ~"dir > "c:\dir.txt"~"')
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Posted: February 15 2008 at 15:24 | IP Logged Quote ginigma
You Sir, are a PowerHome God!   

Now, for bonus points: Which is more efficient in a macro: the ph_run formula or Launch App command?


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Posted: February 15 2008 at 16:32 | IP Logged Quote TonyNo
I would simply say that, with the formula, you'll have a return code that you can do something with.

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