Format built-in variable (A_Index) to always include at least four digits

[WeThotUWasAToad]

Hello,

What command will force the output variable to include a specified number of digits regardless of its value?

For example, suppose you want to enter a list of numbers in Notepad using the following script:

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F1::
Loop, 12
{
Var:=A_Index
Send %Var%
Send {Enter}
}
Return

As currently written, the script returns:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

But suppose instead, you want the following result:

0001
0002
0003
0004
0005
0006
0007
0008
0009
0010
0011
0012

What change in the script will produce that?

Thanks

[jeeswg]

Cheers.

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vNum := 12
MsgBox, % Format("{:04}", vNum)

[WeThotUWasAToad]

Thanks jeeswg.

I suspected it was something like that because I was looking at that page (Format) in the docs but it seems to indicate that you have to enter a "Type Character" which had me confused.

Apparently I'm still confused however because after inserting your syntax in the full script I'm using (see below), it returns:

-18_::::
-18_::::
-18_::::
-18_::::
-18_::::
-18_::::

Rather than what I'm trying to get:

0002
0003
0004
0005
0006
0007

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F1::
;Sleep lengths:
    short := 299
    medium := 999
    long := 2299
    date  := 18
    base := 1
Loop, 6
{
Send {Home}
	Sleep, short
Send {Right 7}
	Sleep, short
Send -
	Sleep, short
Send %date%
	Sleep, short
Send _
	Sleep, short
var:= base + A_Index
	Sleep, short
;Send %var%
Send % Format ("{: 04}", var)
	Sleep, short
Send {Enter}	;{Tab}
	Sleep, short
}
Return

[WeThotUWasAToad]

Correction:

This is what I expected:

-18_0002
-18_0003
-18_0004
-18_0005
-18_0006
-18_0007

[SpeedMaster]

Apparently I'm still confused ...

Syntax error...

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var := 1 

msgbox,  % Format ("{: 04}", var)      "`n`n expression without any function call"

msgbox,  % format("{: 04}", var)       "`n`n expression with a function call"

return

Cheers