Guess, I could add that I've used:
Concatenate ("0000",A1) to give me all my zeros.
Right (A2,5) function, to reduce the number to just the five digits, or six
to give me six digits.
Then I've used Concatenate ("AB",A1) which will give me all of these
numbers, EXCEPT the six digit ones.
I can't seem to find a way to add the AB to the five digit numbers without
ALSO adding it to the six digit ones.
Conversely, If I just add the AB to everything, then Left (A2, 6), then all
my AB numbers become just B numbers.
Maybe a formula to search for B & add A automatically?
Also, While I can just copy the column and paste values, I'd PREFER the
numbers to already be numbers and not formulas looking like numbers.
(That's not a biggie, but would be nice.)
On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 4:27:58 PM UTC-8, Paul Bevins wrote:
> Hi, I've got an odd problem.
>
> I have a database of some 15000 numbers.
>
> 10,000 of them (roughly), go from 1 to 10,000.
> Another 5,000 go from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000.
>
> However, the numbers SHOULD AB00001 to AB10000.
>
> I need to be able to type the root number in and have Excel decide what it
> needs:
>
> 1 = AB00001 (7 digits)
> 22 = AB00022 (7 digits)
> 333 = AB00333 (7 digits)
> 4444 =AB04444 (7 digits)
> 15555 = AB15555 (7 digits) (excusing that this number won't exist above
> 10,000, but five digits.)
> 100001 = 100001 (6 digits)
> 200002 = 200002 (same length at 6 digits)
>
> I have searched around quite a bit, but have been unable to find the terms
> to search for to get these answers.
> I'm beginning to think I'll need to do it with a VBA script, but am open
> to any simple method of doing it, since I type these numbers dozens of
> times a day,
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Paul
>
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