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Default Removing zeros from data list

Sometimes this will remove leading zeros from TEXT numbers and convert them
to numeric numbers.

Select the range in question
Goto the menu DataText to Columns
Click Next twice
In step 3 make sure Column data format is set to GENERAL
Click Finish

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"mokihi" wrote in message
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I have a giant list in one column full of data that is prefixed by zeros.

eg. 271 is represented as 00271, 274 as 00274

I am trying to remove these zeros so as to be able to merge and sort this
data with another set.

Can anyone tell me how to remove these zeros from the data without
manually
typing them in?





 
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