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how to add decimal to beginning of imported number
when importing fixed width text file, all leading zeros are dropped. Is
there a way to add a decimal point to the beginning of a number? i.e. text file data = 0004 data = 0125 preferred outcome in excel 00.04 01.25 all custom formatting i have tried puts decimal to the left of number any ideas thanks |
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how to add decimal to beginning of imported number
First import your data as text, so A1 contains 0004
Then in B1 enter: =LEFT(A1,2) & "." & RIGHT(A1,2) and copy down -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200765 "ssetech" wrote: when importing fixed width text file, all leading zeros are dropped. Is there a way to add a decimal point to the beginning of a number? i.e. text file data = 0004 data = 0125 preferred outcome in excel 00.04 01.25 all custom formatting i have tried puts decimal to the left of number any ideas thanks |
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how to add decimal to beginning of imported number
if you need the result as number you can use:
assuming 0004 is on a1 on b1 use and 0125 on a2 =abs(a1)/100 copy it down so excel will return 0.04 and 1.25 hth -- regards from Brazil Thanks in advance for your feedback. Marcelo "ssetech" escreveu: when importing fixed width text file, all leading zeros are dropped. Is there a way to add a decimal point to the beginning of a number? i.e. text file data = 0004 data = 0125 preferred outcome in excel 00.04 01.25 all custom formatting i have tried puts decimal to the left of number any ideas thanks |
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