# String formatting? (ex. ints, space-padded, width = 3)

**URL:** <https://community.haxe.org/t/string-formatting-ex-ints-space-padded-width-3/2229>\
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**Created:** [January 25, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://community.haxe.org/t/string-formatting-ex-ints-space-padded-width-3/2229 "2020-01-25T07:24:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://community.haxe.org/t/string-formatting-ex-ints-space-padded-width-3/2229/4 "2020-01-25T11:50:42Z")

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Offtopic: `Math.floor(Math.random() * 500)` is the same as `Std.random(500)` and `'$value'` (or `"" + value`) is usually faster than `Std.string(value)` for numeric types 😉

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