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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Entering a Number with Leading Zeros</title>
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<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>numbers; changing text/number formats</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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153194" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">There are various ways to enter integers starting with a zero:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">Enter the number as text. The easiest way is to enter the number starting with an apostrophe (for example, '0987). 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>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154013" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">Format a cell with a number format such as \0000. 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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153158" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149377" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154944" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">Choose <emph>Edit - Find &amp; Replace</emph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154510" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="61">In the <emph>Search for</emph> box, enter ^[0-9]</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155068" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="62">In the <emph>Replace with</emph> box, enter &amp;</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149018" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="63">Check <emph>Regular expressions</emph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156382" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="64">Check <emph>Current selection only</emph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3146916" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="65">Click <emph>Replace All</emph>
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