How do I keep a script library from suppressing
leading zeroes in the return values? I have found that when
I am returning a string from a script library that has numeric
characters, but no alphabetic characters 24x7 will suppress
the leading zero. I would expect this if I was returning
a numeric type, but not when I am returning a
string (even though it is composed of numbers).
It seems that 24x7 is converting the string into a numeric
before returning it. If I concat an alphabetic char to the end
of the string 24x7 will not suppress the zero.
Is this by design or is this a bug?

Yes, this is caused by automatic data-type conversion. This is by design, for backward compatiblity.

If you know the size of the string you can always append leading zeroes, for example

Dim s, string
MyFunction s
Format s, "000000", s
MessageBox s

: How do I keep a script library from suppressing
: leading zeroes in the return values? I have found that when
: I am returning a string from a script library that has numeric
: characters, but no alphabetic characters 24x7 will suppress
: the leading zero. I would expect this if I was returning
: a numeric type, but not when I am returning a
: string (even though it is composed of numbers).
: It seems that 24x7 is converting the string into a numeric
: before returning it. If I concat an alphabetic char to the end
: of the string 24x7 will not suppress the zero.
: Is this by design or is this a bug?