Padding Fields with Leading Fills

The FillL=LeadingFill expression is used to fill fields with leading characters. Text values that are shorter than the specified fill expression are padded, as directed by the fill expression. The following data file lists account numbers of varying lengths:

The image shows a trial balance file showing rows with account numbers of varying lengths.

The FillL expression is used as shown in the following example:

The image shows the Import Format screen will the FillL expression used for the Source Account row.

After import, account numbers are displayed as shown in the following example:

The image screen shows the Import screen after import of the GL file showing the account numbers padded with zeroes.