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% \iffalse
%&lt;package&gt;\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1999/12/01]
%&lt;package&gt;\ProvidesPackage{padcount}[2018/05/04 v1.0 Pad numbers with arbitrary characters]
%&lt;*driver&gt;
\documentclass{ltxdoc}

\usepackage{doc}
\usepackage{padcount}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\usepackage{fvrb-ex}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}
\DocInput{padcount.dtx}
\end{document}
%&lt;/driver&gt; \fi
%
% \title{The |padcount| Package, v1.0}
% \author{Donald P.\ Goodman III}
% \date{\today}
%
% \maketitle
%
% \begin{abstract}
% \noindent
% Sometimes a plain number is fine; other times, you want it
% \emph{padded}, either with zeroes or some other character.
% This small package makes it easy to do that.  It works not
% only on 
% arabic numerals, but on any expanded list of tokens passed
% to it.  This makes it suitable for, among other things,
% counters of all kinds.
% \end{abstract}
%
% \section{Usage}
%
% About as simply as possible, the package centers on the
% \DescribeMacro{\padnum}|\padnum| macro, which is defined
% as follows:
%
% \begin{quote}
% \cmd{\padnum} \marg{stuff}
% \end{quote}
%
% The argument can be anything that \TeX\ will recognize as
% a list of tokens, though it's anticipated that it'll be
% used mostly for numbers.  By default,
% |padcount| pads to two digits, and it does that
% padding with the character |0|.
%
% The examples in this document assume the existence of a
% \TeX\ count register |\tmp| (created by |\newcount\tmp|)
% and a \LaTeX\ counter |temp| (created by
% |\newcounter{temp}|).
%
% \newcount\tmp
% \newcounter{temp}
% \begin{center}\tabcolsep=0pt
% \begin{tabular}{p{2in}lp{0.4in}p{2in}l}
% |\padnum{4}| &amp; \padnum{4} &amp; {} &amp; |\padnum{47}| &amp; \padnum{47} \\
% |\tmp=8\padnum{\the\tmp}| &amp; \tmp=8\padnum{\the\tmp} &amp; {} &amp;
%		|\tmp=16\padnum{\the\tmp}| &amp; \tmp=16\padnum{\the\tmp} \\
% |\setcounter{temp}{8}| |\padnum{\thetemp}| &amp;
%		\setcounter{temp}{8}\padnum{\thetemp} &amp; {} &amp;
%		|\setcounter{temp}{16}| |\padnum{\thetemp}| &amp;
%		\setcounter{temp}{16}\padnum{\thetemp} \\
% \end{tabular}
% \end{center}
%
% You can change the number of digits you'd like to pad to
% with the macro \DescribeMacro{\setpadnum}|\setpadnum|,
% which takes a single integer as its argument.  By default,
% this is |2|; but any integer whatsoever will work.
%
% \begin{center}\tabcolsep=0pt
% \begin{tabular}{p{2in}r}
% |\setpadnum{4}\padnum{4}| &amp; \setpadnum{4}\padnum{4} \\
% |\setpadnum{8}\padnum{42424}| &amp; \setpadnum{8}\padnum{42424} \\
% \end{tabular}
% \end{center}
%
% You can set the character that will be used for padding
% with \DescribeMacro{\setpadchar}|\setpadchar|.  In fact,
% this need not be a character; it can be any expansible set
% of tokens.
%
% \begin{center}\tabcolsep=0pt
% \begin{tabular}{p{3.65in}r}
% |\setpadnum{4}\setpadchar{*}=\padnum{4}=| &amp;
%		\setpadnum{4}\setpadchar{*}=\padnum{4}= \\
% |\setpadnum{4}\setpadchar{\hskip1.2ex}=\padnum{4}=| &amp;
%		\setpadnum{4}\setpadchar{\hskip1.2ex}=\padnum{4}= \\
% |\setpadnum{4}\setpadchar{*}=\padnum{\roman{temp}}=| &amp;
%		\setpadnum{4}\setpadchar{*}=\padnum{\roman{temp}}= \\
% \end{tabular}
% \end{center}
%
% That last example, incidentally, also demonstrates that we
% can send a counter in any format, without regard to base,
% and |padcount| will do its job.
%
% And that's it; just a small utility package.  Hope it's
% useful in some way.
%
% \section{Implementation}
%
% We start with the macros to count characters, which we've
% gently adapted from those of David Carlisle's answer on
% \url{tex.stackexchange.com}, question 57598.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\newcount\pad@charcount%
\def\pad@expandloop#1{%
	\pad@xloop#1\relax
}
\def\pad@xloop#1{%
	\ifx\relax#1%
	\else%
		\advance\pad@charcount by1%
	\expandafter\pad@xloop%
	\fi%
}%
\def\pad@countchar#1{%
	\pad@charcount=0%
	\expandafter\expandafter\pad@expandloop{#1}%
}%
%    \end{macrocode}
% Now, we can set the defaults.  Set the padding level to
% two characters and the padding character to |0|.  Also
% define some throwaway counters for loops and
% value-holding.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\newcount\pad@tmp%
\newcount\pad@tmpi%
\newcount\pad@num\pad@num=2%
\def\pad@char{0}%
%    \end{macrocode}
% Now, the money:  count the characters, determine how many
% new characters we need to print, then loop the appropriate
% number of times to print them.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\padnum#1{%
	\edef\pad@yy{#1}%
	\expandafter\pad@countchar{\pad@yy}%
	\pad@tmp=\pad@charcount%
	\multiply\pad@tmp by-1%
	\advance\pad@tmp by\pad@num%
	\pad@tmpi=0%
	\ifnum\pad@tmp&gt;0%
		\loop%
			\ifnum\pad@tmpi&lt;\pad@tmp%
				\pad@char%
				\advance\pad@tmpi by1%
		\repeat%
	\fi%
	\leavevmode#1%
}%
%    \end{macrocode}
% Lastly, some macros to reset the internal values used by
% |\padnum|.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\setpadnum#1{\pad@num=#1}%
\def\setpadchar#1{\def\pad@char{#1}}%
%    \end{macrocode}
% Happy \TeX{}ing!
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