Remove leading zeros

Tonyk1051

Board Regular
Joined
Feb 1, 2021
Messages
135
Office Version
  1. 2019
Platform
  1. Windows
Is there a formula to remove the leading zeros? I have tried to change the format of the column but nothing works…the only way I found is to double click inside the cell to make the lead zero disappear. Problem is there’s 1400 lines I have to double click on…numbers start on A3. Thanks in advance
 
Maybe
Excel Formula:
=A3+0
 
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Solution
Are the values all numbers, or are there other non-numeric characters in them?
If they are all numeric, all you need to do is changing the format of the column to some numeric option, highlight the column, go to the Data menu and select "Text to Columns", and then click "Finish".
This should drop all leading zeroes from valid numbers.
 
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Glad we could help & thanks for the feedback.
 
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