Adding leading zeros to alphanumeric field

[mathsbeauty]

Hello! I am new here. If "2 FF" is in some field, I want display in report as "02 FF". If "23 FF" is in some field , I want display in report as "23 FF" i.e. if there is only one digit on the left, then I want to add one leading zero to make it two digit. Please note that there is space before FF. I hope to get some help from experts.

 

[DCrake]

MyField = Right("00" & OldField,5)

 

[mathsbeauty]

Sorry Dear, but it doesn't work. It just displays 00 only.

 

[DCrake]

How have you coded it in your project.

 

[PaulO]

iif(len(trim([ExistingField]))=4,"0"&[ExistingField],[ExistingField])

i.e. if existing string length is just 4 characters (including one space), then precede the text with "0" else leave as it is ...

this assumes of course that the string length is either 4 or 5

 

[DCrake]

My solution adds 00 and the 2 FF together to get 002 FF it then returns the right 5 characters giving 02 FF.

If is was 23 FF 0023 FF would still return 23 FF

 

[mathsbeauty]

Thanks David, for your efforts. I just coded it as =Right("00" & OldField,5) in a text box in report. Anyway I got the solution from Paul0 as posted in thread.Thanks once again.

 

[mathsbeauty]

Thanks Paul0, for your efforts. It just worked perfectly! Thank you very much!

 

[PaulO]

You're welcome ...

ps David's solution is pretty neat too