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zjppdozen
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi all,

 

I have a character ID variable like this

 

001

002

003

L8982

L8983

L8984

 

I want to add a leading zero only to those IDs whose first number is also number. In other words, I want

 

0001

0002

0003

L8982

L8983

L8984

 

Could anyone write a sample code for me to help me solve this problem?

Any help is appreciated.

 

 

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

Like this?

if input(ID,?? 32.) and length(ID)=3 then ID='0'||ID;

 

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

Like this?

if input(ID,?? 32.) and length(ID)=3 then ID='0'||ID;

 

zjppdozen
Fluorite | Level 6

This code works very well! Thank you very much!

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