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    [RESOLVED] How to pad a string with trailing zeros using ostringstream

    Hi,

    The code that I have does not work. Could some help -- thanks.

    Code:
    
    #include <iostream>
    #include <iomanip>
    #include <sstream>
    
    int main()
    {
            std::string str3 = "99W8";
            std::ostringstream ss4;
            ss4 << str3 << std::setw(7) << std::setfill('0');
            std::string s4(ss4.str());
            std::cout << s4 << std::endl;
            return 0;
    }

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    Re: How to pad a string with trailing zeros using ostringstream

    define "does not work"
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    Re: How to pad a string with trailing zeros using ostringstream

    the output:
    99W8

    I would like it to be:
    99W8000

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    Re: How to pad a string with trailing zeros using ostringstream

    Code:
    ss4 << str3 << std::setw(7 - str3.length()) << std::setfill('0') << "";
    After you set the width, you need to output something.
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    Re: How to pad a string with trailing zeros using ostringstream

    That's slick, @2kaud, thank you.

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