Remove text leading zero in text string
One way, assume the text strings/numbers are in column A starting in A1
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,LEFT(A1,MATCH(TRUE,--MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1)))+1,1)0,0)),"") Enter the formula with ctrl + shift & enter Copy down Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Cheryl B." wrote: I've spent about an hour searching on how to remove leading zeros from a column of text. I'm sure there's an easy way to do it ... just haven't found it yet. This is a sample of the data and, as you can see, the number of leading zeros vary as well as the length of the original and desired text Original Desired 0000000002 2 00002309 2309 00002477327 2477327 00003584 3584 0001036 1036 00013180620620Y 13180620620Y |
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