leading zero

[#1]

what's the best way to keep the leading zeros of a numeric field?



ie. if user enters "000123"

it shows "000123" instead of "123"

[#2]

Unsure of which way you want to go. You say you want to keep the leading zeros but your example removes them. In either case you need to set a validation pattern. There are 4 times a pattern is applied:



Display - for what is viewed on screen

Edit - for what the user types in

Validation - for what the field is checked against

Data - for what is placed in the data dom



In your case a 9 indicates that a number needs to be present and a z means you want leading zeros. So if I have a Display pattern of 999999 then I will display 6 digits (zeros are digits). If I also add an edit pattern of zzz999 then the user can enter 123 but 000123 will be displayed. You can adjust the patterns to give you what you want.

[#3]

Paul, thanks for suggestions, I tried it but it didn't give me the desired results.



This is what I want:



a Numeric field,

user can enter any number of numeric digits,

when he enters "000000123", I want it to display as "000000123";

when he enters "1234567", I want it to display as "1234567";

when he enters "0789", I want it to display as "0789";

...etc



ie. no matter how many leading "0"s he enters, whatever he entered will be displayed as is, I don't want the leading "0"s be chopped off.



what Patterns can give me that effect?



thanks

[#4]

The issue is that you are allowing any length of entry hence there is no pattern (a defined length and structure that the input needs to follow - i.e. a social security number - always 9 digits)



What if we captured the input as text then wehn we want o use it convert to an int. Then whatever they type will be displayed and when you want to use it for calcs we turn it into an integer.

[#5]

OK. thanks.

[#6]

Hello,

I am having the same problem.  I need to retain an ID number that always starts with 2 0s and is 9 digits long as in 009999999.  I have tried the numerous num {99...} combinationz with z's and nums and nothing has worked.  However, you mentioned saving as 'text' and converting to 'int'.  How do I do that?  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[#7]

Use this pattern for this purpose.

num{'00'9999999}

[#8]

If you use text, then they can put alpha characters in that field where he probably only wants numeric input.

[#9]

There's always code. For a text field with a max length of 9.

// form1.page1.tf-numeric-only::exit - (JavaScript, client)

if (!(this.isNull)) {

          var tf = this.rawValue;

          // \D to match any character NOT in the range 0 - 9

          var regExp = /\D/;

          if (regExp.test(tf)) {

   xfa.host.messageBox("The field must be numeric.");

          }

          else {

    if (tf.length != 9) {

      xfa.host.messageBox("The field must contain 9 digit.");

    }

    else {

      if (tf.substring(0,2) != "00") {

        xfa.host.messageBox("The field must start with '00'.");

      }

    }

          }

}

Steve

[#10]

So If I wanted 4 digits and retain leading zeros in the display I would use num{'000'9}?

Where does that go on the Validate tab in the custom validation script?