I am entring in order codes on a stock order sheet. The codes have 5 digits.
Some of them begin with 0 (zero). How do I force the cell to report the
correct number, ie 07817, and not 7817 as it is doing at the moment?
Thanks
Tony
I am entring in order codes on a stock order sheet. The codes have 5 digits.
Some of them begin with 0 (zero). How do I force the cell to report the
correct number, ie 07817, and not 7817 as it is doing at the moment?
Thanks
Tony
Just enter the numbers preceeded by an apostrophe (single quote)
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Gary''s Student
"m800afc" wrote:
> I am entring in order codes on a stock order sheet. The codes have 5 digits.
> Some of them begin with 0 (zero). How do I force the cell to report the
> correct number, ie 07817, and not 7817 as it is doing at the moment?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
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>I am entring in order codes on a stock order sheet. The codes have 5
>digits.
> Some of them begin with 0 (zero). How do I force the cell to report the
> correct number, ie 07817, and not 7817 as it is doing at the moment?
Format the cell as text before you enter the number.
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David Biddulph
I had a similar issue with data containing leading zeroes. Excel would promptly clip them off making the use of lookups, etc... useless. Here is what I did:
(Assuming you need a fixed length of 5 char)
A B C
1 NUM DESC FORMULA
2 1 apple =REPT("0",5-LEN(a2))&A2
3 22 orange =REPT("0",5-LEN(a3))&A3
4 304 pear =REPT("0",5-LEN(a4))&A4
What it does:
=REPT("s",x) Repeats "s" (or whatever string), x times)
=LEN(a2) Returns the char count of a2
The combined formula repeats "0" for (5 - length of a2), &a2 concatenates the value of a2 to the end. Replace 5 with whatever fixed length you need.
Regards and good luck!
Jay
Last edited by jbrackett; 03-22-2006 at 03:30 PM.
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