Calculate length of number/numeric field. (multiple 0's fail)

[Elan28074581a7un]

Need to calculate length of  a field including any 0's

000231 should equal 6

a=this.getField("field1").value

app.alert(a.toString().length);

// only works with non 0 digits. 

[Bernd Alheit · Accepted solution]

Use:

a=this.getField("field1").valueAsString;