[erlang-questions] simple question: how to convert integers to string with fixed digits

[Håkan Stenholm]

Matej Kosik wrote:

You can experiment with the io:format(...) (or io_lib:format(...)) 
string, this works in you case:

6> io:format("~2..0w", [2]).
02

10> io:format("~2.16.0B", [255]).
FF

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> Hello,
>
> In Squeak there is a method
>
> 	Integer > printing-numerative > printStringLength:padded:
>
> It can be used as follows. Evaluation of
>
> 	2 printStringLength: 2 padded: true
>
> yields
>
> 	'02'
>
> Evaluation of
>
> 	12 printStringLength: 2 padded: true
>
> yields
>
> 	 '12'
>
> Is there an analogous function in Erlang? Note that I am not looking for
>
> 	integer_to_list/1
>
> because I need to get strings of "fixed length" padded with zeros on the left. Is there directly
> something similar or should I write my own such function?
>
> NOTE: I would like to print dates and times into my logs.
> - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Similar question.
>
> In Squeak there is a method
>
> 	Integer > printing-numerative > printStringBase:length:padded:
>
> Evaluation of
>
> 	11 printStringBase: 16 length: 2 padded: true
>
> yields
>
> 	'0B'
>
> Evaluation of
>
> 	255 printStringBase: 16 length: 2 padded: true
>
> yields
>
> 	'FF'
>
> Is there analogous function in Erlang? The `format' string already has support for printing
> hexadecimals but not of "fixed length". Am I right?
>
> NOTE: I would like to print MAC addresses in a standard way.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> - --
> Matej Kosik
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