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Default Adding recognised Zeros


Hi All

I need to add zeros to the beginning of numbers of less than 13 digits.

I've been using the custom format method 0000000000000 , but find it
'forgets' the zeros when counting the length of the cell contents. This
is causing errors.

I'm now using

=IF(LEN(A2)=12,("0"&A2),A2)

This correctly produces a cell which has a zero added when the length is
12 , and then correctly shows 13 digits when the length is queried.

Can someone suggest an amended formula to add 2 zeros when length is
11 , 3 zeros when length is 10 , 4 zeros when length is 9 and 5 zeroes
when length is 8?

Trying to work these into a single formula is beyond me , but I'm hoping
someone can help.

Grateful for any advice.
 
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