GetAsNumber that needs to return at least one zero

[AlanP]

Hi everyone...lost on how to resolve this.

Using the

GetAsNumber ( P# )

to convert (for example) 012345 numbers ("P#" field) to 12345 or 001234 to 1234. This works great.

The problem comes in with some (P#) that are three digits 000123 and GetAsNumber removes all zeroes and shows 123. We need to *always* have 4 numbers (so it should be 0123).

So anything that has three zeroes needs to return 0xxx (to make it a four digit number from six) and everything else just needs to remove the one or two zeroes (xxxx or xxxxx)from the six digits.

Any ideas how to resolve this? Thank you in advance!

[comment]

Try:

SerialIncrement ( "0000" ; P# )

The result is text - "0123" is not a number.

[AlanP]

Thanks comment! : I was commenting to my co-worker that this will take my hours to figure out but the guys and gals that do this all the time will know exactly what to do in seconds! :

[Fitch]

There's also the "old school" way:

Right( "0000" & P# ; 4 )

But Michael's way wins for elegance.

[Vaughan]

...or

Right( "0000" & GetAsNumber ( P# ) ; 4 )