Thank you very much for the quick reply, but how do I use
this code?

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Dim i as long, cell as Range
i = 1
do while not isempty(cells(i,1))
set cell = cells(i,1)
cell.Value = "'" & Right("000000" & cell.value,6)
i = i + 1
Loop


Change the 1 to refer to the column you want to parse.
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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"simon.guertin" wrote in
message
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Hi, How can I parse my excell column that contains
numbers
(I changed them to be text) I want to put zeros in front
so the number has 6 digit. the number may have 3 4 or 5
digit so I need to fill 0 in front so it is 001234
thank you

Simon


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