How to output a counter with leading zeros?
The principle is
\ifnum\value{mycounter}<10 0\fi\arabic{mycounter}
How to implement it into your macros depends on how and where you want to use this representation.
The fmtcount
package provide a variety of ways to format counter (even changing the base to binary or octal, rather than decimal, say). To prepend a bunch of zeroes to a counter, use \padzeroes[<n>]{\decimal{<cntr>}}
. This will add zeroes 0
in front of the counter <cntr>
such that the eventual length is <n>
. \decimal{<cntr>}
is similar to \arabic{<cntr>}
but is required to work with \padzeroes
:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fmtcount}% http://ctan.org/pkg/fmtcount
\begin{document}
\newcounter{mycounter}%
\newcommand{\printcntr}{%
\stepcounter{mycounter}%
\padzeroes[2]{\decimal{mycounter}} &
\padzeroes[4]{\binary{mycounter}} &
\padzeroes[3]{\octal{mycounter}}%
}
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
\textbf{Decimal} & \textbf{Binary} & \textbf{Octal} \\ \hline
\printcntr \\ \printcntr \\ \printcntr \\ \printcntr \\ \printcntr \\
\printcntr \\ \printcntr \\ \printcntr \\ \printcntr \\ \printcntr
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
LaTeX knows a macro \two@digits
\documentclass{article}
\newcounter{mycounter}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\themycounter{\two@digits{\value{mycounter}}}
\makeatother
\newcommand\Test{\stepcounter{mycounter}\themycounter\ }
\begin{document}
\Test
\Test
\Test
\end{document}