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    Thumbs up How do I add a set of numbers in front of a full column?

    So, I was given a list of UPC numbers from a distributor but they only use the last half of the numbers and in order to add them to my POS software I need the full UPC.
    They all start with the same number (030172) and I need to add that number to the front of all the numbers in a column. I have about 2000 items that I need to add that to so it would take forever to do it one by one.

    Example:
    53672-1
    Needs to be 030172536721

    I also need to know if there is an easy way to remove the dash (-)

    Thanks in advance for all your help.

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    Re: How do I add a set of numbers in front of a full column?

    You can use this formula:

    =30172&A1

    But first go to Find & Select then replace - with blank
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    Re: How do I add a set of numbers in front of a full column?

    Does this help?
    ="030172" & SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","")
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    Re: How do I add a set of numbers in front of a full column?

    Great! That worked perfectly!
    I just made a column over to the right and moved the numbers over there then put the formula into the original column!
    Next question:
    My POS system will only recognize the formulas now instead of the numbers, how do I switch it back to the numbers?

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    Re: How do I add a set of numbers in front of a full column?

    Copy the whole column, then right click the same column and paste special values.

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