text format question

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I have a number formatted as text that I need to take a part of and place in
a new cell. For example I want to take -01250 and place 0125 in a new cell.
I tried mid, left, right but I lose the leading zero. Any help would be much
appreciated.
Thanks. (excel 2003)
 
Format cell B1 to general and enter this formula

A = -01250

=MID(A1,2,100)

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=MID(A1,2,99)
worked ok for me.


I have a number formatted as text that I need to take a part of and place in
a new cell. For example I want to take -01250 and place 0125 in a new cell.
I tried mid, left, right but I lose the leading zero. Any help would be much
appreciated.
Thanks. (excel 2003)
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