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Formula for converting decimal number to fixed length string 1

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bhujanga

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Oct 18, 2007
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I have numbers in this format:
5.24
37.128
124.7
i.e. various decimal places and magnitudes, but always less than 1000.
I want to convert them to strings that are 5 characters long that include leading zeroes and retain two decimals of accuracy.
So the above numbers would be:
00524
03713
12470

Is there a good straightforward formula for such a conversion?
 
hi,

Result starting in A1...
[pre]
5.24 00524
37.128 03713
124.7 12470
[/pre]

Formula:
[tt]
B1: =TEXT(ROUNDUP(A1*100,0),"00000")
[/tt]


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