Format Function

B

banker123

I have the follwing text in a table.
10
100
1000

I would like to format the data to output as displayed below. Zero
fill, 5 characters not including the -, right justified, the negative
sign immediatley preceding the text.

000-10
00-100
0-1000

Thanks for the assitance!
 
J

Jerry Whittle

Debug.Print String(5-Len("100"),"0") & "-" & "100"

In a query:
Padded: String(5-Len([TheFieldName]),"0") & "-" & "[TheFieldName]"
 

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