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EiC4733
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Jan 16, 2023
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How to format a list column to have the numbers in the format "0000"

Everything is in the question. I would like to format a number title column of one of my list to have four digits. For example "45" will be "0045".   Could you help me?
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  • RobElliott's avatar
    RobElliott
    Jan 16, 2023

    EiC4733 you can format the column with the following JSON to achieve this:

    {
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "txtContent": "=if(@currentField <= 9, '000'+'@currentField', (if(@currentField >= 10 && @currentField <= 99,'00'+'@currentField', (if(@currentField >= 1000 ,'@currentField','0'+'@currentField'))"
}

     

    Rob
    Los Gallardos
    Intranet, SharePoint and Power Platform Manager (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)

     

Don Kirkham's avatar
Don Kirkham
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Jan 23, 2023

EiC4733 You can also use the padStart function to simplify.

 

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "txtContent": "=padStart(toString(@currentField),4,'0')"
}

 

Good Luck!

Don

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