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.EXAMPLE.....: 72 Left-pad a number with zeroes, or a string with spaces
.CATEGORY....: examples
.DISCUSSION..:
Pad a number (stored in environment variable) STRING to the left with zeroes, to make sure it is 4 bytes long

.CODE........:
set STRING=1
Fdate /FE  /Q%STRING% /Jr04  /Vstring
echo STRING is [%string%]

.DISCUSSION..:
Here's another example -- we pad a string (stored in environment variable) STRING to the left with spaces, to make sure it is 4 bytes long

.CODE........:
set STRING=aa
Fdate /Fe  /Q%STRING% /J"r 4"  /Vstring
echo STRING is [%string%]