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Connie Martin wrote:
I have a column of numbers, over 800 rows. Some numbers are 7 digits and
some are 6 digits. I need a zero at the beginning of all the numbers with 6
digits. I have formatted the column to text so that I can do this because
it's not important that this column be recognized in number format. However,
is there a formula I could use to drag down the entire column that would pick
out all the numbers with 6 digits and throw a zero at the beginning of the
number? I'd hate to have to do this manually! Thank you. Connie
Assuming that A2:A800 contains the data, try...
B2, copied down:
=TEXT(A2,"0000000")
Then, to delete Column A, try the following...
1) Select Column B
2) Edit Copy
3) Edit Paste Special Values Ok
4) Format Column B as 'Text'
5) Delete Column A
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Domenic
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