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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Ho to remove leading zeros from a csv file which is sent from a UNIX script Post 302989603 by rbatte1 on Monday 16th of January 2017 06:11:23 AM
Old 01-16-2017
Of course, adjusting the fields so that it looks correct in Excel (or other sreadsheet programs which do the same) means that you won't be able to do any calculations on them.

You might be better to import the data as real data without any adjustments and then format the cells (or the whole sheet if you want) to fix the width of the number including leading zeros. That way the display will be correct and the value will be still numeric so you can perform calculations.


Does that help?

Robin
 

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excel::template::container::keepleadingzeros

Excel::Template::Container::KeepLeadingZeros(3pm)	User Contributed Perl Documentation	 Excel::Template::Container::KeepLeadingZeros(3pm)

NAME

       Excel::Template::Container::KeepLeadingZeros - Excel::Template::Container::KeepLeadingZeros

PURPOSE

       To set the keep_leading_zeros flag for the surrounding worksheet or any worksheets that might be contained within this node.

NODE NAME

       KEEP_LEADING_ZEROS

INHERITANCE

       CONTAINER

ATTRIBUTES

       None

CHILDREN

       None

EFFECTS

       Alters how leading zeros are interpreted by Spreadsheet::WriteExcel.

DEPENDENCIES

       None

USAGE

	 <worksheet>
	   ... Cells here will NOT have leading-zeros preserved
	   <keep_leading_zeros>
	     ... Cells here will have leading-zeros preserved
	   </keep_leading_zeros>
	   ... Cells here will NOT have leading-zeros preserved
	 </worksheet>

	 <keep_leading_zeros>
	   <worksheet>
	     ... Cells here will have leading-zeros preserved
	   </worksheet>
	   <worksheet>
	     ... Cells here will have leading-zeros preserved
	   </worksheet>
	 </keep_leading_zeros>

AUTHOR

       Rob Kinyon (rob.kinyon@gmail.com)

SEE ALSO

       CELL, Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

perl v5.14.2							    2010-06-17			 Excel::Template::Container::KeepLeadingZeros(3pm)
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