dashes needed excel 2016

CrashOD

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Office Version
  1. 2021
  2. 2016
Platform
  1. Windows
i need
00901002409
as
009-01-002-409
with the preceding 0's
when i try

00901001120=TEXT(G4,"???-??-???-???")
00901001122=TEXT(G5,000-00-000-000)

<colgroup><col style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:3986;width:82pt" width="109"> <col style="width:48pt" width="64"> </colgroup><tbody>
</tbody>
does not show me answer just the formula i put in

thanks so much
 

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Did you enclose the 0000s in a double quote

like =TEXT(G2,"000-00-000-000")
 
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Make sure that the cell is not formatted as text & that "Show Formulas" on the formula tab is not checked.
 
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Thanks so much!
by chance
00901002010
00901002011A
00901002012B
is there a way to have it fix it to
009-01-002-010
009-01-002-011-A
009-01-002-012-B

depending on what is there if a letter is there or not?
 
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