In A1:B1 I have text and number
apple 245 apple 000245
The formula in C1 is =A1&" "&TEXT(B1,"000000")
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"Dick Stapleton" wrote in message
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I need to create a column with the entire UPC code of each item listed in
the item column, but when I concatenate the columns to form the UPC the
leading zeros in the UPC item colun are dropped.

I sthere a way around this?

Thanks in advance