GameMaker (SOLVED)time clock showing "00" instead of "0"

[Adjud]

Hi,

I made a clock code for my game, everything functions beautifully except for the numbers displayed, i want it to display 12:00:00 instead its displaying "12:0:0".

here is the code:
obj controller Draw Event:

draw_text(700,40, string(chour) + ":" + string(cmin) + ":" + string(csec) + " " + mn);

objcontroller Create event (temporary place for it):

mn="AM"
clockset=0;
chour=12;
cmin=00;
csec=00;
day=1;

 

[FrostyCat]

You have to actually pad those numbers with a script like this when you draw them. Declaring them as 00 or anything of the sort won't magically make string() pad them.

Import the script that I linked to, then do this:

draw_text(700, 40, string_lpad(chour, 2, "0") + ":" + string_lpad(cmin, 2, "0") + ":" + string_lpad(csec, 2, "0") + " " + mn);

 

[Adjud]

I created the script "string_lpad" i pasted the code from the link you gave and put the code you supplied up above in my draw event but its giving me this error:

 

[robproctor83]

your in gsm 2? you need to update that pad function

out += str;

should be

out += string(str);

I think...

 

[FrostyCat]

Replace this line in string_lpad():

str = argument0;

With this:

str = string(argument0);

 

[Adjud]

Thank you, that works beautifully

 

[Nidoking]

You can also just use string_format(cmin, 2, 0) to make it a 2-character wide string, padding with 0 if necessary. No script needed.