Format column in excel to custom

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when exporting grid view to excel i want to change the format of a single column to custom number format with a length of 4 i.e

if value is 10 it is stored in excel cell as 0010
if value is 100 then it will be stored as 0100
if it is 1000 then it will be stored as 1000

What style should i add or what format should i add in my .aspx page before export

Posted 23-Feb-15 20:08pm

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Abdulnazark · Answer 1 · 2015-02-24T20:30:00

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String.Format("{0:0000}", value);

Posted 24-Feb-15 20:30pm

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