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Still have Issues with leading zeros after applying switches
I am experiencing the exact same situation as Richard originally wrote on
2/4/05. When merging zip codes, leading zero is dropped on 5 digit zip code; 10 digit with leading zero works fine. Additional background- 1. My data source is provided in html format. 2. In data source, zip codes can be either be 5 digit or 10 digit (9 digit plus the '-' in between zip and 4 ext. The '-' cannot be easily removed) Went to gmayor.com as suggested in several postings. The \# "00000" switch works great if the data source has 5 digit zip codes only. In my case, If a 10 digit zip is passed in, then the formatting treat it like a subtraction calculation. So 12345-6789 ends up as '05556' and 01234-5678 ends up as '-04444' I tried different variations on the swith syntax with no luck. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! -- Zachary |