I suspect you IF condition is written improperly -- I think this is what you
want.
=IF(LEN(D2)<14,REPT("0",14-LEN(D2))&D2,D2)

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"tango" wrote in message
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dear all

this is to pad with trailing 0
=IF(D2<14, D2&REPT("0",14-LEN(D2)),D2)

why when i put in this way it doesn't seem to work?
=IF(D2<14, REPT("0",14-LEN(D2)&D2),D2)

thanks