Cvt number to character

G

Guest

Hiow can I convert a column of numbers from numeric to character and pad with
2 zeros

e.g. I want the number 1 to appear as character 001
 
B

Bernard Liengme

Select cells
Use Format | Cells; open Custom tab
Enter 000
If you wish you could then format | align | left
best wishes
 
G

Guest

Place in a helper column:

=TEXT(A1,"000")

Copy/paste special -> values in the Helper column
 

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