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concatinate data
I have several columns of numbers - some numbers have leading zeros. When I
concatinate the data the leading zero drops off even if I customize the cell first. Is there any way to have the column data not drop leading zeros when concatinating? example: A B 02536 5525 Concatinated 25365525 desired result = 025365525 Thanks for any ideas! |
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="0"&A1&B1 or =TEXT(A2,"00000")&B2 or try giving your cell with 25365525 the custom format "000000000" (1 more zero than existing digits) best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "Rhonda" <Rhonda @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I have several columns of numbers - some numbers have leading zeros. When I concatinate the data the leading zero drops off even if I customize the cell first. Is there any way to have the column data not drop leading zeros when concatinating? example: A B 02536 5525 Concatinated 25365525 desired result = 025365525 Thanks for any ideas! |
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Sounds like your leading zeros are just a matter of formatting rather than
actually being part of the value in the cell...... try something like this..... =0&A1&B1 Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "Rhonda" <Rhonda @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I have several columns of numbers - some numbers have leading zeros. When I concatinate the data the leading zero drops off even if I customize the cell first. Is there any way to have the column data not drop leading zeros when concatinating? example: A B 02536 5525 Concatinated 25365525 desired result = 025365525 Thanks for any ideas! |
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It depends how you are joining them together. With a formula like:
=A1&B1 entered into C1, this should retain any leading zeroes. Hope this helps. Pete |
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Thanks Bernard! The formula =Text(A2,"00000")&B2 worked perfectly! Since my
column of data has 5 digit numbers with or without leading zeros the suggestion works for both data. Rhonda "Bernard Liengme" wrote: Try ="0"&A1&B1 or =TEXT(A2,"00000")&B2 or try giving your cell with 25365525 the custom format "000000000" (1 more zero than existing digits) best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "Rhonda" <Rhonda @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I have several columns of numbers - some numbers have leading zeros. When I concatinate the data the leading zero drops off even if I customize the cell first. Is there any way to have the column data not drop leading zeros when concatinating? example: A B 02536 5525 Concatinated 25365525 desired result = 025365525 Thanks for any ideas! |
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