def get_5d_string( number ):
    """
    takes an integer < 100000, returns a string of the number that's the 5 characters long.
    If the number is < 10000, it puts zeros at the front to make the string 5 chars long
    """
    thing = ""
    for i in range(5):
        thing+= str( int(number/( 10**(4-i))) % 10 )
    return(thing)