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Figure 388: The "Minimum number of digits in counting number" parameter
If Minimum number of digits in counting number is set to a value that is higher than the number of digits in the start value for the counting number, the counting numbers will be padded with zeros to the specified minimum number of digits. For instance, “1” can be written as “001” and so forth.
Example
The start value is set to 1. Different values for this particular parameter gives the results shown in the table below.
Minimum number of digits in counting number |
Result |
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1 |
1, 2, 3 … 9, 10, 11 … 98, 99, 100, 101… |
2 |
01, 02, 03 … 09, 10, 11 … 98, 99, 100, 101 … |
3 |
001, 002 … 009, 010, 011 … 099, 100, 101 … 999, 1000, 1001 … |