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Anne Johnsen

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November 22, 2019 - 3:41 am
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Hi there,

 

so I have a column with 9 or 10 numbers in each cell. 

i need to add a 0 (zero) only in front of the cells containing 9 numbers . 

does anyone know an excel formula for this? 

Thanks,

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Hi Anne

You can try =TEXT(A1,"0000000000")

It works for both 9 or 10 digit numbers.

Please note that this will convert the numbers to text.

Otherwise you can custom format the cells with 0000000000 (10 zeroes)

Hope this helps.

Sunny

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Thank you. 
this text formula works to add a 0 to all numbers, but not to the ones only containing 9 numbers. I don’t need a 0 in front of the cells with 10 numbers in it.  Is there a formula for this? 

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Hi Anne,

The formula above won't add a 0 in front of numbers that contain 10 digits. Perhaps you can share your file so we can troubleshoot.

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Hi Anne

I suspect you keyed 11 zeroes instead of 10 in your formula.

The formula will only add a zero to the front of numbers with 9 or less digits.

Same with the custom formatting.

Sunny

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Thanks for your responses. And I have to apologise, because the cells I need a zero in front of has 10 numbers ,not 9.

the cells I don’t need a zero in front of , has 9 numbers in it. 
It’s the opposite of what I said earlier . 

these are all in the same column. 

Ive tried the text formula and if I apply it to the 10 number cells, and copy the formula down , it will also give a zero in front of the cells with 9 numbers, which i don’t need. 
so I suspect I need a type of IF formula ?

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Hi Anne,

Yes, an IF will work. The formula below will convert both 9 and 10 digit numbers to text:

=IF(LEN(A1)=9,TEXT(A1,"000000000"),TEXT(A1,"00000000000"))

If you're happy with a mix of numbers and text in the column then you can use this:

=IF(LEN(A2)=9,A1,TEXT(A1,"00000000000"))

Although I would encourage you to have consistent values, therefore the first formula would be best.

Mynda

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