# Hit counter question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-counter-question/84122>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 24, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-counter-question/84122 "2005-03-24T19:29:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![scottybuckets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@scottybuckets](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scottybuckets)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-counter-question/84122/1 "2005-03-24T19:29:49Z")

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I’m using the hit counter (from the tutorial)… works fine! but i was cuious to know if I can change the value of the numbers…

for example: it starts at “1”… is there anyway to add zeros so it start at “000001”? i tried adding the zeros to the text file but they disappear…

thanks