suppress leading zeros in excel code example

Example 1: excel add leading zeros to existing values

'Three ways to left-pad an existing value with zeros:

'1.) Number Format
Select Cell Range-->Format Cells-->Number-->Custom-->00000
'Use this when it is important to keep the actual values numeric but
'you need padded zeros for display.


'2.) Worksheet Formula:
=TEXT(A1,"00000")
'Use this when it is important to change the actual values to text.


'3.) VBA Function
Function Pad(s$, Optional padChr = "0", Optional num = 5)
    Pad = String(num - Len(s), padChr) & s
End Function
'Use this when it is important to change the actual values to text.

Example 2: excel remove leading zeros

This is a formatting problem.
1. Select the cell/s with the leading zeros
2. In the Home tab find the number region
3. In the dropdown menu, select general.
Congratulations, this should do the trick.

If not, experiment with different formats and if you still
have a problem, try pressing F2 while selecting one of the
cells to examine what is really in that cell.