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adding leading zero in Excel

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ENFGDC4S - 14 Sep 2007 18:16 GMT
How do I add zeros to numbers in a cell? ex: R1,R12,R152 to R001,R012,R152
This needs to be done in many cells. Thanks
Gary''s Student - 14 Sep 2007 18:48 GMT
=LEFT(A1,1) & TEXT(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),"000")

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ENFGDC4S - 14 Sep 2007 19:26 GMT
I could not get this to work.

> =LEFT(A1,1) & TEXT(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),"000")
Gary''s Student - 14 Sep 2007 19:32 GMT
That's O.K. We can solve this.

In A1 thru A3 I entered:

R1
R12
R152

I put my formula in B1 thru B3 and see:

R1    R001
R12    R012
R152    R152

What do you see?

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> I could not get this to work.
>
> > =LEFT(A1,1) & TEXT(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),"000")
ENFGDC4S - 14 Sep 2007 19:42 GMT
This is where my problem is. Here is an example of one of the cells:
C5,C16,C30,C38,C54,C91,C98,C136,C147
I can have a few hundred of these alpha numeric characters in one cell.
Thanks for your time.

> That's O.K. We can solve this.
>
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> > > =LEFT(A1,1) & TEXT(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),"000")
Gary''s Student - 14 Sep 2007 20:44 GMT
O.K.

You see my mis-understanding.

I can solve this with visual basic.

Check back later
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> This is where my problem is. Here is an example of one of the cells:
> C5,C16,C30,C38,C54,C91,C98,C136,C147
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> > > > =LEFT(A1,1) & TEXT(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),"000")
Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB) - 14 Sep 2007 21:47 GMT
> I can solve this with visual basic.

I'll save you the trouble.<g>

If there is only one leading letter character for each "field" in the cell
and if the number part always needs to be three digits long, then this sub
should work...

Sub AddZeroes()
 Dim C As Range
 Dim Fields() As String
 For Each C In Selection
   Fields = Split(C.Value, ",")
   For X = 0 To UBound(Fields)
     Fields(X) = Left$(Fields(X), 1) & _
                 Format$(Mid$(Fields(X), 2), "000")
   Next
   C.Value = Join(Fields, ",")
 Next
End Sub

To ENFGDC4S:
=============
All you have to do is right-click the sheet tab at the bottom, and "View
Code"; then copy/paste the above routine into the sheet's code window. Once
you have done that, go back to the spreadsheet and select the cells you want
to apply this routine to and then press Alt+F8 and run the AddZeroes macro
from the dialog box that appears.

Rick
Gary''s Student - 14 Sep 2007 23:28 GMT
Very nice

Thank you for introducing me to JOIN()
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> > I can solve this with visual basic.
>
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> Rick
Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB) - 15 Sep 2007 01:20 GMT
> Thank you for introducing me to JOIN()

You are quite welcome. As the companion function to Split, it is really a
very nice function to have in the arsenal.

Rick

>> > I can solve this with visual basic.
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>> Rick
Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB) - 14 Sep 2007 21:29 GMT
I guess we should further clarify... is the part in front of the number
always a SINGLE letter character? Is the number part always going to be
three digits long? Any other info we should know?

Rick

> This is where my problem is. Here is an example of one of the cells:
> C5,C16,C30,C38,C54,C91,C98,C136,C147
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>> > > =LEFT(A1,1) & TEXT(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),"000")
ENFGDC4S - 14 Sep 2007 22:02 GMT
The alpha character will be a single character and followed by up to 3
numerals.
There is a posibility of up to 4 numerals but does not happen much. 3
numerals will be fine
I would only need the leading zeros if the numeral is from 1 - 99, for
example,
C3,C34 would be C003,C034.
There is also a comma after each item.
These are Reference Designators on a printed wiring board and are used in
the parts list for idenification.

> I guess we should further clarify... is the part in front of the number
> always a SINGLE letter character? Is the number part always going to be
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Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB) - 14 Sep 2007 22:09 GMT
Okay, see my response to Gary''s Student where the code I posted anticipated
the answer you gave.

Rick

> The alpha character will be a single character and followed by up to 3
> numerals.
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ENFGDC4S - 17 Sep 2007 14:30 GMT
The sub worked great! Thank you for your time and effort.
Eric

> Okay, see my response to Gary''s Student where the code I posted anticipated
> the answer you gave.
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