I am looking for some help on a formula to pad a specific number within a string.
A typical data set would be like the following:
FD50-U-98-1
FD152-U-2-10
DEM-FD50-U-98-15
DS987-U-XD1498-1
DS987-U-SDD1659-1
within this dataset:
for the first three, the third sequence needs to be padded to four digits (I know you can use
=TEXT(CELL,"0000")
to get that formatting).for the last two, I need the "1498"/"1659" to be padded to 5 digits
The main issue I am having is being able to extract those number to pad it and reinsert it.
Rules:
- When there's a "DEM", the fourth grouping needs to be modified.
- when there is a "DS", the third grouping numbers (there will always be letters preceding the third grouping, sometimes it's 1 or 2 or 3 letters) needs to be padded to 5 digits.
- else, the third grouping needs to be padded to 4 digits