Convert string type to 8 digit in c#

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I need to convert this value to 8 digit format. (example : 1 --> 00000001).any help? here's my code

foreach(DataRow dr in _dsGridCsv.Tables[0].Rows)
  {           
     byte empfrmat =byte.Parse(dr["emp_id"].ToString());
     csv += empfrmat;
     csv += "\r\n";
  }

Possible duplicate of [C# convert int to string with padding zeros?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4325267/c-sharp-convert-int-to-string-with-padding-zeros) — pid, Jun 06 '17 at 07:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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By using padLeft

eg. "1".PadLeft(8, '0');

Ref. Add zero-padding to a string

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jun 06 '17 at 07:31

Lifewithsun

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 06 '17 at 07:33

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strValue.ToString("D8");

D8 means format as a decimal with up to 8 leading zeroes

answered Jun 06 '17 at 07:33

Jas

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 06 '17 at 07:30

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So you want to change the value to 8 digit format, according to the example that you specified, you can try the following code for this:

int value = 1;
String outputStr = value.ToString("00000000");
Console.WriteLine(outputStr) // this will print 00000001

answered Jun 06 '17 at 07:30

sujith karivelil

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Thanks for the help. worked for me. the major problem was I save this values to a csv file which opens with excel. so even this converted successfully, the result won't show in the format that i wanted. so need to find a solution for that. – Didu Jun 06 '17 at 08:12

Convert string type to 8 digit in c#

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