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See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * ***********************************************************--> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textscalcguideinteger_leading_zeroxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Entering a Number with Leading Zeros</title> <filename>/text/scalc/guide/integer_leading_zero.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147560"> <bookmark_value>zero values; entering leading zeros</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>numbers; with leading zeros</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>leading zeros</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>integers with leading zeros</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>cells; changing text/number formats</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>formats; changing text/number</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>text in cells; changing to numbers</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>converting;text with leading zeros, into numbers</bookmark_value> </bookmark><comment>UFI: inserted "converting;text to numbers"</comment><comment>mw changed "converting;" and deleted "numbers,changing..."</comment> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147560" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="67"><variable id="integer_leading_zero"><link href="text/scalc/guide/integer_leading_zero.xhp" name="Entering a Number with Leading Zeros">Entering a Number with Leading Zeros</link> </variable></paragraph> <section id="inttext"> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153194" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="55">There are various ways to enter integers starting with a zero:</paragraph> <list type="unordered"> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146119" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="56">Enter the number as text. The easiest way is to enter the number starting with an apostrophe (for example, <item type="input">'0987</item>). The apostrophe will not appear in the cell, and the number will be formatted as text. Because it is in text format, however, you cannot calculate with this number.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154013" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="57">Format a cell with a number format such as <item type="input">\0000</item>. This format can be assigned in the <emph>Format code</emph> field under the <emph>Format - Cells - Numbers</emph> tab, and defines the cell display as "always put a zero first and then the integer, having at least three places, and filled with zeros at the left if less than three digits".</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150011" role="paragraph" l10n="E" oldref="66" localize="false"/> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153158" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="58">If you want to apply a numerical format to a column of numbers in text format (for example, text "000123" becomes number "123"), do the following:</paragraph> <list type="ordered"> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149377" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="59">Select the column in which the digits are found in text format. Set the cell format in that column as "Number".</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154944" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="60">Choose <emph>Edit - Find & Replace</emph> </paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154510" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="61">In the <emph>Search for</emph> box, enter <item type="input">^[0-9]</item> </paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155068" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="62">In the <emph>Replace with</emph> box, enter <item type="input">&</item> </paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149018" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="63">Check <emph>Regular expressions</emph> </paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156382" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="64">Check <emph>Current selection only</emph> </paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146916" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="65">Click <emph>Replace All</emph> </paragraph> </listitem> </list> </section> <section id="relatedtopics"> <embed href="text/scalc/guide/text_numbers.xhp#text_numbers"/> <embed href="text/scalc/guide/format_value.xhp#format_value"/> </section> </body> </helpdocument>