Pad the number with dashes : REPT « Text functions « Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Tutorial

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Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Tutorial » Text functions » REPT   22.18.5.Pad the number with dashes Input the formula: =REPT("-",25-LEN(TEXT(A1,"$0.00*-")))&TEXT(A1,"0.00*-") 22.18.REPT 22.18.1. REPT(text,number_times) repeats text a given number of times 22.18.2. Pad the number with asterisks on the left 22.18.3. Display asterisk padding on both sides of the number 22.18.4. Display the value along with the asterisk padding on the left: 22.18.5. Pad the number with dashes 22.18.6. To pad the number with asterisks, use two asterisks