how not to omit leading binary zeros with format into string

[lastcall18]

I'm using format into string to format serial data .  The problem I'm having is that Format into String with "%b" format identifier omits leading zeros

in the string..   ie...  "3" becomes "11" when I need it as "0011"

[smercurio_fc]

Add a zero to your format string. In other words, %04b tells it to pad with zeros up to 4 places. This is documented in the LabVIEW Help.

[lastcall18]

Just tried that... it didn't work.

[smercurio_fc · Accepted solution]

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