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Excel : How to pad zeros

Today I got a requirement to format the number in excel cell - to left pad number with zeros.i find the following function very useful to do it.



In case one to make the number left padded with "0" s give the formula =TEXT(A1,"0000")

In case two even more enhanced form to make it left padded with "0" and add two decimal places give the formula as =TEXT(A2,"0000.00")


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