Re: [libreoffice-users] leading zeroes

 I think the only problem is the "leading zeros" definition.
The function itself is correct, but it has to be intended as "number of
digits of the cell, filled with leading zeros"

Federico Quadri

Dries Feys <dries.feys@tvh.com> ha scritto:

> Hi Gary,
>
> If you use the excel notation "00"#, you get your 2 leading zeros. But
> you're right, it's a bug. The formatting should be right
> automatically. For once, the MS notification is right ;-)
>
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> On 18 September 2014 11:25, Gary Collins <gcatlast@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Wikipedia defines leading zero as follows:
> >
> > "A leading zero is any 0 digit that comes before the first nonzero
> > digit in a number string in positional notation.[1] For example, James
> > Bond's famous identifier, 007, has two leading zeros."
> >
> > However, if I put '7' in a cell and select format 2 leading zeroes, I
> > get '07'.
> > LO gives one leading zero too few.
> >
> > /Gary



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