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Sourav PSourav P 

To get the prefix "000" in the text data type field

Hi,
I have a text field " Endos Count" which is a counter field. But the format of the count i need is, 001,002,003 etc. Now i am getting as 1,2 3. Can anyone suggest plz, how to get this type of format.
I just wrote the below formula, but its not working,
TEXT(VALUE(Endorsement_Count__c)+001)
Best Answer chosen by Sourav P
Tarun J.Tarun J.
Try using:
'00'+TEXT(VALUE(Endorsement_Count__c))

But in this case, it will always show 2 leading 0's in your field.

You can add more logic in it by adding IF conditions which checks if Endorsement count is greater than 9 and less than 100, add only one leading zero and so on.

-Thanks,
TK

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Suresh(Suri)Suresh(Suri)
Hi Sourav,

Try in your text formula field like
"000" & Endorsement_Count__c
Sourav PSourav P
Hi Suresh, Thanks, Let me try this.
You mean , like TEXT(VALUE("000" & Endorsement_Count__c)+001)
Tarun J.Tarun J.
Try using:
'00'+TEXT(VALUE(Endorsement_Count__c))

But in this case, it will always show 2 leading 0's in your field.

You can add more logic in it by adding IF conditions which checks if Endorsement count is greater than 9 and less than 100, add only one leading zero and so on.

-Thanks,
TK

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Sourav PSourav P
Hi Tarun, The above didnt satisfied my need as its always show two zero.
But i try using the below with IF logic as suggested and it worked. Thanks
Charalambos DimitracopoulosCharalambos Dimitracopoulos
  • your numbers can be 1, 2, ..., 999
  • add 1000 to your numbers so that you have 1001, 1002, ... , 1999
  • convert the numbers to text so that you always have a 4 character string
  • use mid formula to take the sub-string from the 2nd up to 4th (included) characters of the 4 character string
  • merge the result with "000" in a logic "000"&result