Change text entry to sort accurately
Gord, thanks to both you and Jim for your posts. The formula generally did
what I expected, except that instead of changing 08-13 to 08-013, it changed
it to 08-130.
"Gord Dibben" wrote:
Enter Jim's formula in C1 and change the A1's to B1's
The new text will appear in C1
Copy down as far as you need.
Copy Column C and EditPaste Special(in place)ValuesOKEsc.
Delete Column B
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:55:01 -0700, Alice M.
wrote:
Jim, at present the text I want to change is in Col B. If I insert a helper
column to the right of it, and put your formula in it, will new text appear
in place of the old, or should I insert a second helper column to display the
new data?
"Jim Thomlinson" wrote:
Try this formula...
=A1 & REPT("0", 6-LEN(A1))
where your data is in cell a1
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HTH...
Jim Thomlinson
"Alice M." wrote:
My column: Would like:
08-10 08-010
08-100 08-100
07-90 07-090
07-888 07-888
How do I add another 0 to change 08-10 to 08-010?
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