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ellen ellen is offline
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Default Add leading zeros

Hello,
I have a CAS# field that Excel interprets as a number. As a result, all my
leading zeros are dropped. Is there a way for me to add leading zeros to any
given number to make it become 9 digits?

For instance, I'd like the following to happen:

12345 to become 000012345
123456 to become 000123456
1234567 to become 001234567
12345678 to become 012345678
123456789 to remain 123456789

Thanks to whomever can help me!!

Ellen