"Rose Men" wrote in message
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On Feb 18, 1:44 pm, "mp" wrote:
"Rose Men" wrote in message

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Hi ,
I have a record character variable which has less than 9 length,
I need converted to a 9 character text field with leading 0 s.
how can i coded in MACRO so that I can automaticly transfer them to 9
length next time when I get more data to excel.
Thank you very much.
Rose

check out Format function
format(1,"00000000#")
format(12,"00000000#")
format(123,"00000000#")
format(1234,"00000000#")
etc
hth
mark

Can i write a code in a sub function using VBA to do it automaticaly?
thanks,
Rose

Yes of course, but go with GS's suggestion...it's much better than mine
you won't even need to write and call a macro that way.
mark