increment a number with leading zeros

[coder91]

I have an integer that must remain 8 digits 00000001, it must remain 8 digits after incrementing it. I had it declared as an integer but it wasnt recognising the leading zeros so I have changed it to a string however I need to increment the digit which i cant do when it is a string. Any suggestions?

[Heanre]

concatenate probably?

[pritaeas]

You should keep it as an int, and display with leading zeroes where necessary.

[JorgeM]

definately keep it as an integer. to add pritaeas suggestion, you can display it as a string by adding the leading zeros..

int num = 1;
Label1.Text = String.Format("{0:00000000}", num);

[coder91]

Thanks everyone, I was able to do it a similar way as suggested excepted i used:

int number = 1;

number.ToString("D8")

Works just the way I need it to.