“zero placeholder” for working counter as3

Answer 1

As far as I know you need to do that yourself:

Here's some code.

Answer 2

Hi there,

here is a quick example, it is pretty straight forward, but let me know if you have any questions.

var n:Number = 999.99123;
var minLength:int = 15;
var s:String = n.toFixed(2);
var diff:int = minLength - s.length;

while (diff > 0) {
    s = '0' + s;
    diff--;
}

trace(s);

EDIT: did you want "tenths" to always be 0?

Answer 3

Here's a function to format it the way you want.

function formatCount(i:int):String {

    var fraction:int = i % 100;
    var whole:int = i / 100;

    return ("0000000" + whole).substr(-7, 7) + "." + (fraction < 10 ? "0" : "") + fraction;
}

function test():void {
    for (var i:int = 1; i<100000; i += 3) {
        trace(i + " -> " + formatCount(i));
    }
}
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Sample output (spacing added):

1     -> 0000000.01
4     -> 0000000.04
7     -> 0000000.07
10    -> 0000000.10
13    -> 0000000.13
97    -> 0000000.97
100   -> 0000001.00
103   -> 0000001.03
235   -> 0000002.35
520   -> 0000005.20
997   -> 0000009.97
1000  -> 0000010.00
1003  -> 0000010.03
99997 -> 0000999.97

Answer 4

MILLIONS COUNTER WITH ZERO PLACEHOLDERS

//CA, NC, LONDON, ED, GA "increments"
var timer:Timer = new Timer(10);  
var count:int = 0; //start at -1 if you want the first decimal to be 0  
var fcount:int = 0; 

timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, incrementCounter);  
timer.start();  

function incrementCounter(event:TimerEvent) {  
  count++;  
  fcount=int(count*count/10000);//starts out slow... then speeds up 
  mytext.text = formatCount(fcount);
}

function formatCount(i:int):String { 
     var fraction:int = i % 100; 
     var whole:int = i / 100;  

    return ("0000000" + whole).substr(-7, 7) + "." + (fraction < 10 ? "0" + fraction : fraction); 
}