Re: Add leading zeros fill space

=VLOOKUP(REPT("0",6-LEN(A1))&A1,L1:P9,2,FALSE)

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HTH

Bob

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"Rob" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

Using Excel 2000

I have spread*** that uses text entries to do a Vlookup, the look up
range has text in the format of 6 characters albeit they look like numbers
with leading zeros eg. '000100. The entry that I enter if '000100 returns
the correct result. However, when others enter they tend to just enter
'100 which doesn't match. I therefore thought that if I could check the
length of their entry, I could fill with leading zeros to make it 6
characters long.

Having tried to do this with validation, I'm now thinking this is a change
cell piece of code.

Any pointers of sample code would be appreciated.

Thank you, Rob



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