Hi All:

Column A has 6 digit equipment numbers, some with leading zero's. (The
cells are formatted to show leading zero's)
Column B has 3 digit month names.

In column C I want to concatinate A & B

ie; 0400051 FEB 0400051FEB

When I type in the formula =A5&B5 the leading zero is gone.
How can I keep it desplayed?

Thanks for your help.

Tom

=TEXT(A5,"000000")&B5
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"lehigh46" wrote:

Hi All:

Column A has 6 digit equipment numbers, some with leading zero's. (The
cells are formatted to show leading zero's)
Column B has 3 digit month names.

In column C I want to concatinate A & B

ie; 0400051 FEB 0400051FEB

When I type in the formula =A5&B5 the leading zero is gone.
How can I keep it desplayed?

Thanks for your help.

Tom

You can use TEXT, eg:
=TEXT(A5,"0000000")&B5

Above is sync with your sample data which shows 7 digits, not 6
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"lehigh46" wrote in message
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Hi All:

Column A has 6 digit equipment numbers, some with leading zero's. (The
cells are formatted to show leading zero's)
Column B has 3 digit month names.

In column C I want to concatinate A & B

ie; 0400051 FEB 0400051FEB

When I type in the formula =A5&B5 the leading zero is gone.
How can I keep it desplayed?

Thanks for your help.

Tom

Hi,
Format column A as a text

"lehigh46" wrote:

Hi All:

Column A has 6 digit equipment numbers, some with leading zero's. (The
cells are formatted to show leading zero's)
Column B has 3 digit month names.

In column C I want to concatinate A & B

ie; 0400051 FEB 0400051FEB

When I type in the formula =A5&B5 the leading zero is gone.
How can I keep it desplayed?

Thanks for your help.

Tom

=TEXT(A1,"000000")&B1
Note that I have used a 6 digit number, as you requested, not a 7 digit
number as in your example. Adjust the formula to suit.
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"lehigh46" wrote in message
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Hi All:

Column A has 6 digit equipment numbers, some with leading zero's. (The
cells are formatted to show leading zero's)
Column B has 3 digit month names.

In column C I want to concatinate A & B

ie; 0400051 FEB 0400051FEB

When I type in the formula =A5&B5 the leading zero is gone.
How can I keep it desplayed?

Thanks for your help.

Tom

Use custom format: 000000
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"lehigh46" wrote in message
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Hi All:

Column A has 6 digit equipment numbers, some with leading zero's. (The
cells are formatted to show leading zero's)
Column B has 3 digit month names.

In column C I want to concatinate A & B

ie; 0400051 FEB 0400051FEB

When I type in the formula =A5&B5 the leading zero is gone.
How can I keep it desplayed?

Thanks for your help.

Tom