In column A I have text like the following
1.2
01.34
03.4
2.1

What I need excel to do is look in Column A and any text that does not begin
with a zero character, add a zero to the beginning of the text string, else
leave it alone. So that my above example when done would look like:

01.2
01.34
03.4
02.1

Any quick fixes for this? I have a thousand rows so doing this by hand would
really stink!
Thanks in advance!

How about adding a formula of 00.0#?

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HTH

RP
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"Jenn" wrote in message
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In column A I have text like the following
1.2
01.34
03.4
2.1

What I need excel to do is look in Column A and any text that does not
begin
with a zero character, add a zero to the beginning of the text string,
else
leave it alone. So that my above example when done would look like:

01.2
01.34
03.4
02.1

Any quick fixes for this? I have a thousand rows so doing this by hand
would
really stink!
Thanks in advance!

sorry, meant custom format not formula.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Jenn" wrote in message
...
In column A I have text like the following
1.2
01.34
03.4
2.1

What I need excel to do is look in Column A and any text that does not
begin
with a zero character, add a zero to the beginning of the text string,
else
leave it alone. So that my above example when done would look like:

01.2
01.34
03.4
02.1

Any quick fixes for this? I have a thousand rows so doing this by hand
would
really stink!
Thanks in advance!

This formula did it for me:
=TEXT(VALUE(A1),"00.00")

Working from the inside out, this formula converts your text to a value
to standardize each entry so it does not have a leading zero. Then the
formula converts it back to text in 00.00 format- this to accommodate
the 2 decimal places required as in the 01.34 example.

Thanks! Both worked like a charm!

"Dave O" wrote:

This formula did it for me:
=TEXT(VALUE(A1),"00.00")

Working from the inside out, this formula converts your text to a value
to standardize each entry so it does not have a leading zero. Then the
formula converts it back to text in 00.00 format- this to accommodate
the 2 decimal places required as in the 01.34 example.