I think so--but I've been wrong before.

"I need a have a formula that will add a zero to the begging (sic) of a 8
character string."


Stefi wrote:

Hi Dave,

No, I meant eight 0's, because cflarida wanted leading zeros up to 8
character length. In case of nine 0's string e.g. 1234567 would be displayed
as 001234567 and it's 9 character length instead of 8 character long
01234567. Did I misunderstand something?

Regards,
Stefi

€žDave Peterson€� ezt Ã*rta:

I bet you meant nine 0's.

Or even Format|cells|number tab|special category|social security number
(to get 000-00-0000)

Stefi wrote:

Apply custom format on cell A1, enter format code 00000000 (eight 0 digits)

Regards,
Stefi

€Â� ezt ÃÂ*rta:

I am pulling SSN out of one of my systems and putting it in excel.
When it comes out of my AS/400 it does not have a leading zero if
needed. I need a have a formula that will add a zero to the begging
of a 8 character string if needed but if is in already 9 characters
long I need to leave it alone.

A1 has the SSN in text, which is how I need it. I need A2 to have the
SSN with the leading zero if not 9 characters long.



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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson