the 000016 is a Long value. So when i call .toString on it, the zeros are gone. And it returns only ...

# android

[pascalchidi]

the 000016 is a Long value. So when i call .toString on it, the zeros are gone. And it returns only 16.

[ephemient]

where did you get the 000016 from. as a Long, it does not have the concept of leading decimal zeros - it has a 64-bit two's-complement binary representation.

[Casey Brooks]

A Long of 16L is not the same as the String "000016". Once a String is parsed to Long ("000016".toLong()) all you have left is the raw 64-bit representation of that number in memory, there’s no reason it should print with 4 leading zeros at that point. You’ll have to format that number with String.format, or manually pad the default String representation (.toString().padStart(6, '0'))