How do I convert integer to string with leading zeros in Tcl?

Question

I'm learning Tcl. In Perl I can do this:

 $ perl -e 'for ($i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) { printf("name%03d\n", $i) }'
 name000
 name001
 name002
 name003
 name004

Can I do this in Tcl?

Sinan Ünür · Accepted Answer · 2009-11-05 17:48:04Z

30

$ tclsh
% for {set i 0} {$i < 5} {incr i} { puts [format "name%03d" $i] }
name000
name001
name002
name003
name004

answered Nov 5, 2009 at 17:39

Sinan Ünür

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