$number = "0".$number until length $number >= 3;
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Did you and Matt Wright go to school together?

{sigh}

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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update: You know, when I first posted my comment, and the post was something Matt-Wright-ish, as I commented above, I left my vote neutral. But when it was changed to:

You know what? merlyn wins. Forget it. I'll stop offering advice before running it past him first.

I finally invoked a downvote. Don't post code here unless you can take open criticism, including a little ribbing and being compared to the bad-code-poster-Child.

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