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From: "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
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Subject: Re: Placing 'zeros' in front of a number ?
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:39:06 -0600
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    <http://jsperf.com/ways-to-0-pad-a-number/10>

The Array.join method is significantly slower than all other
techniques shown in all JS engines tested.


> In any case I would change your order of arguments since
> "len" is in any case a required argument, whereas "ch" can be set to a
> default value.

Agreed, although I would offer defaults for both of them.


Gregor & Scott:


    Several good choices.   I'll pick and test one today.

Thanks all !

-Mel Smith