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tores
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javascript question

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Hi

How can i convert an integer = 2004 to 04 in javascript.

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CoderGoblin
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Try:

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<script language="javascript">
	my_num=2004;
	temp=my_num-2000;
	if (temp<0) &#123;
  		alert ('we have some form of error');
	&#125; else &#123;
		if (temp<10) &#123;
	  		new_str='0'+temp;
		&#125; 	else &#123;
	  		new_str=''+temp;
		&#125;
		document.write(new_str); 
	&#125;
</script>
Just a quick example. Probably neater ways of doing it for example you may wish to write a str_pad_left javascript function instead.
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