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Good evening. 

I have a zip code nightmare file.

Some zip codes contain the plus four added (1st example), some fail to include a leading zero (2nd example), and some contain just the 5 digits (last example).  I need to have them with just the 5 digits. Looking forward to see how the great minds resolve this one 😉

What it is… What it needs to be…
236013428 23601
80811912 08081
37924 37924
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Make sure the Zip field loads as text, then you can use something like:

= Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "CleanZip", each if Text.Length([Addressee Zip]) <=5 then Text.PadStart([Addressee Zip], 5, "0") else Text.PadStart(Text.Start([Addressee Zip], Text.Length([Addressee Zip])-4), 5, "0"))

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Thank you for the reply and insight.  This worked very well. 

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