format a string like sprintf?

[bearophile]

teo:

> What is the correct way in D to format a string like sprintf? I need to 
> pad a number with zeroes. I tried to use std.format.format and 
> std.string.format, but had some strange results.

Why don't you show one or more complete runnable examples that show your strange results? Both if there are bugs in Phobos to report in Bugzilla, or if you are using it badly, it's useful to know it.

Bye,
bearophile