Leading zeros revisited Numbers '08

I'v seen the discussions about a similar topic in this online community. I do have one curiousity/complaint. If the only way to put leading zeros is to hit the apostrophe or format the cell as text then will the number behave as a number in formulas or will you have to always convert that content to a number using a function? Seems like such an elementary "feature" to put in why did Apple leave out the ability to leave something as a number but display the leading zeros?

Numbers will usually interpret digits formatted as text to be numerical values in expressions. This only holds true if there are no extraneous alpha characters. I don't recall whether Numbers 08 (Ver. 1) had the "Numeral System" cell format option, but in Numbers 09 this completely solves the problem for those who need leading zeros. You would be wise to upgrade.
Jerry

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I am new to PowerShell scripting (so have mercy on me please!), and I'm trying to write a script that takes simplified, menu-based user input to create a folder on the network named based on a month number and the year. The month must be expressed as a two-digit
number, but I'm trying to make it simple enough that the user only needs to input a one-digit number (for the first nine months of the year) and have the script add the leading zero (for example, if a user inputs the number "2" for February, the
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Write-Host "7. July"
Write-Host "8. August"
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Write-Host "10. October"
Write-Host "11. November"
Write-Host "12. December"
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2 {$month = "February"}
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4 {$month = "April"}
5 {$month = "May"}
6 {$month = "June"}
7 {$month = "July"}
8 {$month = "August"}
9 {$month = "September"}
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11 {$month = "November"}
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default {"Invalid entry. Please select a number from 1 - 12 (without the trailing period)."}
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While ($mNum -ne 1 -and $mNum -ne 2 -and $mNum -ne 3 -and $mNum -ne 4 -and $mNum -ne 5 -and `
$mNum -ne 6 -and $mNum -ne 7 -and $mNum -ne 8 -and $mNum -ne 9 -and $mNum -ne 10 -and `
$mNum -ne 11 -and $mNum -ne 12)
# Add leading zeros to month number
$fNum = "{0:D2}" -f $mNum
Write-Host $fNum
When I run it, I don't get the leading zero. However, when I create a very basic script, it seems to work:
$mNum = 3
$fNum = "{0:D2}" -f $mNum
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Can anyone offer any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong?
Also, if anyone has a suggestion on how to better validate the user input (making sure they enter a number between 1 and 12), I would appreciate that as well.

.NET formatting is a complicated subject
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/26etazsy(v=vs.110).aspx#FormatStrings
I'm not sure how all that documentation applies when you attempt to format a value that is already a string.
In general, formatting is described as "Formatting is the process of converting an instance of a class,
structure, or enumeration value to its string representation". If it is already a string I'm not sure what to expect.
For example,
<# C: #> '3',3,'03',03,'003',003 | % { "{0:D2}" -f $_ }
3
03
03
03
003
03
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How can I format a cell in Numbers to have leading zeros in a number?

I imported a spreadsheet from Excel (Office 2014, Win 7) through iCloud and some numbers were formatted to have leading zeros (012358) in the original Excel file but the leading zero format was lost in Numbers. Is there a way to format cells to have a number displayed with the leading zero in Numbers? The leading zero is part of an identification and is important to the numbers (0027 is not the same as 27 in these records).
thanks,
Bob

James has the formating part, but if you already did the import you can use the following formula to replace the zeros that were leading if you know it is a four digit reference number....
=right("000" & A2,4)
copy those values into your text formatted column from James' answer and you got it.
Jason

Displaying Leading Zeros

Having recently switched to Mac and trying to embrace the iWork applications I've struggled with something that I really couldn't find help with. Since I think this is a relatively common need I am posting this message in the event others need to present a Numbers cell that has leading zeros.
The way I have found to create leading zeros in numbers is by using the CONCATENATE and RIGHT functions. Say for example you have zip codes stored in numeric format (perhaps pulled in from a database) but need them to display in a cell properly. The zip code for Salem, NH is 03079. If you have the value 3079 stored you need that leading zero added.
Assuming 3079 is stored in A1 you could add the following formula into an adjoining field:
=RIGHT(CONCATENATE("00000",A1),5)
CONCATENATE turns A1 into a string ("000003079") and RIGHT grabs the 5 right-most characters from that string.
If someone else has a better way of handling this please do comment.

DRAlison wrote:
Having recently switched to Mac and trying to embrace the iWork applications I've struggled with something that I really couldn't find help with.
Funny comment, this 'question' was asked and responded many times in this forum.
Here are some links:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8278267
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6639837
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6126095
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6856405
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7474228
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5270661
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9394800
grabbed with a simple search in the existing threads using the keystring "leading AND zero"
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 30 juin 2009 16:48:06)

Leading Zero w/ variable field length...

I'm creating a form in which I need a particular field to:
- Accept/Display a leading zero (or multiple leading zeros);
- Accept numbers numbers;
- Have a maximum field length of six numerals, but with the ability to accept fewer;
- Display an error message if the above criteria are not met.
I have some code (see below), but don't know how to make the field length variable.
var fmt = /^\d\d\d\d\d\d$/;
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app.alert("Incorrect format, field must contain numbers only.");
event.rc = false;
Make sense...? Can anyone help...?
Thank you.

This drops the leading zero(s) and does not display the error message.
Adjustments...?
Thank you for your promp reply.

Export to Excel - data with leading zeros

Does anyone have any tips or tricks for running a query then exporting to Excel without dropping leading zeros from the data?
Examples: numeric Item codes with leading zeros, telephone numbers that have been entered with no spaces.
Regards,
Douglas McDove

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I liked the challenge and therefore.......I got this for you
</Font>
SELECT CHAR(28) + T0.CardCode [BP Code\] FROM [dbo\].[OCRD\] T0
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Require a Number Format Mask to show leading zeros on decimals

Hi,
My users are complaining about the decimal point not being very clear when fractional numbers are shown. I need a format mask to show a leading zero for numbers between 0 and 1 (eg. 0.5) but not have a trailing point after whole integers.
by example:
10 should show "10"
.5 should show "0.5"
I have tried the following
FM99990D99 which displays as
10 as "10."
.5 as "0.5"
The whole integer of 10 then gets a trailing decimal point. Very ugly as the decimal is the exception to the rule which is why I need to highlight it.
The user do not want a forced decimal place either as follows:
FM999990D09
10 as "10.0"
0.5 as "0.5"
The trailing decimal place is not a practical solution because 99% of numbers are whole numbers and the decimal just pollutes the screen with more zeros, making the numbers harder to read, resulting in more errors.
I am looking for a format mask that shows:
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.5 as "0.5"
I am using Oracle Forms which means I cannot set_item_instance_property for the records which have decimals. I need a single format mask for all options...
Any help would be appreciated.
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Thanks Francois.
Looks like there is not a simple solution using a format mask alone.
I have implemented a very similar solution to your suggestion. I have a character, non-base table field which I populate and dynamically set a format mask if the value is between -1 and 1 (and not zero).
i.e.
if :purchase.qty > -1 and
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HP Prime - Suggestion: Leading zeros.

Hopefully this is an appropriate place for this post.
One of the most annoying aspects of the Prime is the way it strips off leading zeros from numbers.
This results in "0.791" being displayed as ".791". To my mind, this is ugly and, as I said, annoying.
So my suggestion is to add an option to force the leading "0" to always be displayed in this case.
I assume this would be fairly easy to implement given that there are already a few other supported output formats.

Hi,
I suggest you place your request on this forum:
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Leading zeros in batch numbers

Is it possible to have leading zeros in batch numbers, meaning that batch 123 is different than batch 0123?

In the standard, number range 01 from 0000000001 to 9999999999 has been defined for number range object BATCH_CLT.
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1.
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2.
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Display numbers formatted with leading zeros or spaces.

There are some cases where you might need to display numbers with leading zeros or leading spaces, or trailing zeros. I experimented with several methods and came up with some examples. This is a Console application, but the results can just
as well be output to a listbox in a Windows form.
Sub Main()
Dim snum As String, inum As Integer = 56
snum = inum.ToString()
Console.WriteLine(snum & vbTab & " ToString()")
snum = inum.ToString("D4") 'adds leading zeros
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snum = inum.ToString("F4") '4 decimal places with trailing zeros
Console.WriteLine(snum & vbTab & " ToString(""F4"")")
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snum = String.Format("{0:D4}", inum) 'leading zeros
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snum = String.Format("{0:F4}", inum) '4 decimal places with trailing zeros
Console.WriteLine(snum & vbTab & " Format{0:F4}")
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Console.WriteLine(snum & vbTab & " PadLeft(4, ""0""c)")
snum = inum.ToString().PadLeft(4, " "c) 'leading spaces
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Console.ReadLine() Console.Clear()
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Solitaire

I would add that many of these methods also work with numeric types that are not integers.
Note that the "D4" format string doesn't work for non-integral types (such as Double and Decimal), and the "F4" format string doesn't pad with trailing zeros, it rounds to 4 decimal places (which can lose information). PadLeft works with
the entire string, it isn't aware of the decimal point.

Exporting Numbers file with leading zeros as csv file

When I export a list of mobile phone numbers with leading zeros (086* etc.) from Numbers as a csv file, the leading zeros are stripped out, although the cells are previously formatted as text. What can I do about this?

"When I export a list of mobile phone numbers with leading zeros (086* etc.) from Numbers as a csv file, the leading zeros are stripped out, although the cells are previously formatted as text. What can I do about this?"
Well, the first thing you could do would be to post your question in one of the forums for Numbers.
Click Discussions to get to the Discussions index page, then the section for the version of iWork you're using, then the Numbers forum in that section.
In AppleWorks (which doesn't offer an opportunity to Save as or Export as csv) I'd force the application to see the phone numbers as text by inserting some non-numeric characters into the string of digits.
Examples: 000-123-4567, 000 123 4567
It may also be a function of the application you are using to open the csv file.
When I did a brief test of the suggestion above with Numbers '09, I got this result on opening the file in Text Edit:
,1234567890,num
,123-456-7890,tex
,0123456789,num
,012-345-6789,tex
,0001234567,num
,000-123-4567,tex
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Regards,
Barry

Serial Numbers with Leading Zeros

We have leading Zeros in our serial numbers, is thier customizing or any user exits which would allow us to store and use these as they are .
Ex - SN= 02547 it stores in SAP as 2547 to the user and I think in the DB its right justified and padded with zeros.
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Hi
I think you can get this functionality done using function module: CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT.
Check with ABAPer.
regards
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Random numbers with leading zeros

Hi,
I want to generate random numbers with leading zeros.
My code so far:
import java.util.Random;
Random r = new Random();
int randInt = r.nextInt(100);My aimed output is something like:
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Hi,
sorry for not getting it with NumberFormat. I used DecmailFormat instead:
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Truncating the leading zeros which has both numbers and characters

Hello Everyone,
Can anybody pls help me to truncate the leading zeros in the incoming file structure which has both the numbers and characters.
Thanks,
Chinna

HI,
Write a UDF like this ..
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Also you can use XSLT for this.
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Use it ike this
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<xsl:call-template name="removeLeadingZeros">
<xsl:with-param name="phone">
<xsl:value-of select="EVENT/ContactPhone"/>
</xsl:with-param>
</xsl:call-template>
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<xsl:template name="removeLeadingZeros">
<xsl:param name="phone"/>
<xsl:message>
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<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="starts-with($phone,'0')">
<xsl:call-template name="removeLeadingZeros">
<xsl:with-param name="phone">
<xsl:value-of
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