Hi everyone. In column B I have a list of numbers. Each number
varies in length, but no number is longer than 6 cbaracters. I need a
formula that will make each number rxactly 6 characters by attaching
leading zeroes to the FRONT if the number is less than 6 characters,
or do nothing if the number is already 6 characters. The "number" can
be converted to text.

Thanks!

Hi,

Select the cell(s) and then

Format|cells - Custom

enter a custom format of 000000 That's 6 zeroes.

Mike

"Steve" wrote:

Hi everyone. In column B I have a list of numbers. Each number
varies in length, but no number is longer than 6 cbaracters. I need a
formula that will make each number rxactly 6 characters by attaching
leading zeroes to the FRONT if the number is less than 6 characters,
or do nothing if the number is already 6 characters. The "number" can
be converted to text.

Thanks!

=IF(LEN(A1)<6,REPT("0",6-LEN(A1))&A1,IF(LEN(A1)=6,A1,""))

HIH

On 18 Mar, 18:20, Steve wrote:
Hi everyone. *In column B I have a list of numbers. *Each number
varies in length, but no number is longer than 6 cbaracters. *I need a
formula that will make each number rxactly 6 characters by attaching
leading zeroes to the FRONT if the number is less than 6 characters,
or do nothing if the number is already 6 characters. *The "number" can
be converted to text.

Thanks!

of course I meant

=IF(LEN(B1)<6,REPT("0",6-LEN(B1))&B1,IF(LEN(B1)=6,B1,""))

HIH

On 18 Mar, 19:56, Jarek Kujawa wrote:
=IF(LEN(A1)<6,REPT("0",6-LEN(A1))&A1,IF(LEN(A1)=6,A1,""))

HIH

On 18 Mar, 18:20, Steve wrote:



Hi everyone. *In column B I have a list of numbers. *Each number
varies in length, but no number is longer than 6 cbaracters. *I need a
formula that will make each number rxactly 6 characters by attaching
leading zeroes to the FRONT if the number is less than 6 characters,
or do nothing if the number is already 6 characters. *The "number" can
be converted to text.

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