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Using Custom Number Formats 24
Adding zeros to a value
The following format string displays a value with three additional zeros and no decimal places. A value with
this number format appears as if it’s rounded to no decimal places and then multiplied by 1,000.
#”,000”
Examples of this format string, plus a variation that adds six zeros, are shown in Table 24.8.
TABLE 24.8
Examples of Displaying a Value with Extra Zeros
Value Number Format Display
1 #”,000” 1,000
1.5 #”,000” 2,000
43 #”,000” 43,000
–54 #”,000” –54,000
5.5 #”,000” 6,000
0.5 #”,000,000” 1,000,000
0 #”,000,000” ,000,000
1 #”,000,000” 1,000,000
1.5 #”,000,000” 2,000,000
43 #”,000,000” 43,000,000
–54 #”,000,000” –54,000,000
5.5 #”,000,000” 6,000,000
0.5 #”,000,000” 1,000,000
Displaying leading zeros
To display leading zeros, create a custom number format that uses the 0 character. For example, if you want
all numbers to display with ten digits, use the number format string that follows. Values with fewer than ten
digits will display with leading zeros.
0000000000
You also can force all numbers to display with a fixed number of leading zeros. The format string that follows,
for example, appends three zeros to the beginning of each number:
“000”#
In the following example, the format string uses the repeat character code (an asterisk) to apply enough
leading zeros to fill the entire width of the cell:
*00
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