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fill up 2 digit entries to 4 digit ( 22 to 0022)

chvizda
8 - Asteroid

Hi all

 

I have a fiels which has entries like

 

1488

323

2

1499

..

 

How is it possible to fil up the 1 to 3 digit entries with 0 in front to get a 4 digit entry with  leading zeros ?

 

1488

0323

0002

1499

 

Many thanks in advance

 

Steffen

 

2 REPLIES 2
neilgallen
12 - Quasar
You would want a formula tool with

Padleft([field],4,”0”)
Thableaus
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @chvizda 

 

@neilgallen is right. I just would add up that you need to convert your numeric field to a String type before using the formula.

 

Cheers,

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