always print out 6 digits following specific string - vba

Question

I have many strings with the name "TL-" followed by 6 digits (ie TL-000456, TL-000598). Sometimes it will print out having fewer than 6 digits (ie TL-09872, TL-345, TL-02).
I want my code to add a zero after the "TL-" until it contains 6 digits.
Start: Output:
TL-000456 -> TL-000456
TL-000598 -> TL-000598
TL-09872 -> TL-009872
TL-345 -> TL-000345
TL-02 -> TL-000002
If possible, I would like it to do this so that even if a space is included in the string (ie "TL - ", "TL -"), 6 digits would always be grabbed.
TL - 987 -> TL-000987
TL- 839 -> TL-000839
I have a function in my code which trims the "TL" values to get everything before a semicolon or comma so ideally the code would go in there. Thoughts?
CURRENT ATTEMPTS GIVEN COMMENTS:
Code gets values from under the header "CUTTING TOOL" in the ws (worksheet) and prints it to the StartSht (workbook with code)
(1) Returns error on Trim line saying in valid procedure or argument
With WB
For Each ws In .Worksheets
Dim sIn, sOut As String
'find CUTTING TOOL on the source sheet
If Not ws.Range("A1:M15").Find(What:="CUTTING TOOL", LookAt:=xlWhole, LookIn:=xlValues) Is Nothing Then
Set hc = ws.Range("A1:M15").Find(What:="CUTTING TOOL", LookAt:=xlWhole, LookIn:=xlValues)
Set dict = GetValues(hc.Offset(1, 0), "SplitMe")
If dict.count > 0 Then
'add the values to the workbook, column 3
Set d = StartSht.Cells(Rows.count, hc2.Column).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0)
d.Resize(dict.count, 1).Value = Application.Transpose(dict.items)
'trim values **implement new code here**
With StartSht
Trim (Left(sIn, InStr(1, sIn, "-", vbTextCompare) - 1)) & "-" & Right("000000" & Trim(Right(sIn, Len(sIn) - InStr(1, sIn, "-", vbTextCompare))), 6)
End With
(2) Runs fully but does not change the values
With WB
For Each ws In .Worksheets
'find CUTTING TOOL on the source sheet
If Not ws.Range("A1:M15").Find(What:="CUTTING TOOL", LookAt:=xlWhole, LookIn:=xlValues) Is Nothing Then
Set hc = ws.Range("A1:M15").Find(What:="CUTTING TOOL", LookAt:=xlWhole, LookIn:=xlValues)
Set dict = GetValues(hc.Offset(1, 0), "SplitMe")
If dict.count > 0 Then
'add the values to the master list, column 3
Set d = StartSht.Cells(Rows.count, hc2.Column).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0)
d.Resize(dict.count, 1).Value = Application.Transpose(dict.items)
Dim str As String, ret As String, tmp As String, j As Integer
With StartSht
For j = 1 To Len(str)
tmp = Mid(str, j, 1)
If IsNumeric(tmp) Then ret = ret + tmp
Next j
For j = Len(ret) + 1 To 6
ret = "0" & ret
Next
Debug.Print ret
End With
StartSht Excel document looks like this
A B C D
1 TDS HOLDER CUTTING TOOL File Name
2 TDS-1 H1 TL-000289 TDS-1.xlsx
3 TDS-2 H2 TL-000274 TDS-2.xlsx
4 TDS-3 H3 TL-0002 TDS-3.xlsx
5 TDS-4 H4 TL-0343 TDS-4.xlsx
after the "CUTTING TOOL" code I have below, it just looks like the output below the code because that is the first section I grab information for
CODE:
With WB
For Each ws In .Worksheets
'find CUTTING TOOL on the source sheet
If Not ws.Range("A1:M15").Find(What:="CUTTING TOOL", LookAt:=xlWhole, LookIn:=xlValues) Is Nothing Then
Set hc = ws.Range("A1:M15").Find(What:="CUTTING TOOL", LookAt:=xlWhole, LookIn:=xlValues)
Set dict = GetValues(hc.Offset(1, 0), "SplitMe")
If dict.count > 0 Then
'add the values to the master list, column 3
Set d = StartSht.Cells(Rows.count, hc2.Column).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0)
d.Resize(dict.count, 1).Value = Application.Transpose(dict.items)
output of StartSht:
A B C D
1 TDS HOLDER CUTTING TOOL File Name
2 TL-000289
3 TL-000274
4 TL-0002
5 TL-0343
I want to add a line str = StartSht.Range(''set correct range here'') and then code to make the StartSht look like this
A B C D
1 TDS HOLDER CUTTING TOOL File Name
2 TL-000289
3 TL-000274
4 TL-000002
5 TL-000343

Answer 1

There is a way using an excel formula:
="TL-" & TEXT(TRIM(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND("-",A1,1))),"000000")

Answer 2

Expanding on Orphid's anwswer to include the 6 digits:
Sub Test()
Dim str as string, ret as string, tmp as string, i as integer, j as integer
for j = 2 to StartSht.Range("C2").End(xlDown).Row
ret = ""
str = StartSht.Range("C" & j).Value
for i = 1 to len(str)
tmp = mid(str, i, 1)
if IsNumeric(tmp) then ret = ret + tmp
next i
For i = Len(ret) + 1 To 6
ret = "0" & ret
Next
ret = "TL-" & ret
StartSht.Range("C" & j).Value = ret
next j
End Sub
This is going to write 'ret' in column B beside the original. The sheet you are working on needs to be active when this runs because as you can see I didn't specify which Sheet was to be used. You can do that yourself if it's necessary. I assumed it only needed to be done on 1 worksheet of 1 workbook for this. Let me know if i was wrong.

Answer 3

What have you tried so far? Do you have any code to show us?
This should be a starting point, you'll need to strip out spaces and loop through the whole file of course.
Public Sub PaddingTest()
Dim PaddingArray() As String
Dim PaddingVar As String
PaddingArray() = Split(Range("A1").Value, "-", 2, vbTextCompare)
PaddingVar = PaddingArray(1)
While Len(PaddingVar) < 6
PaddingVar = "0" & PaddingVar
Wend
Range("A2").Value = PaddingArray(0) & "-" & PaddingVar
End Sub
msdn.microsoft.com for usage of Split command

Answer 4

For extracting the number, it sounds like what you want is a regular expression similar to \d{1,6}. However, I've never really enjoyed working regex in VBA, so another way of extracting the number is:
Sub Test()
Dim str as string, ret as string, tmp as string, i as integer
str = "T- 087652"
for i = 1 to len(str) 'vba strings are 1-indexed
tmp = mid(str, i, 1) 'get the character at position i
if IsNumeric(tmp) then ret = ret + temp 'if numeric, add to the return value
next i
debug.print ret 'print the resulting number to the console. To convert to a number, simply assign to a variable typed as "long"
End Sub
What this does is a simple forward loop through the string, extracting every character which IsNumeric. It should ignore whitespace wherever it occurs in the string, but they shouldn't be more than one whole number per string.
For formatting the number, you probably just want to pad the string.

Answer 5

Here is a one liner. I am grabbing the data before and after the hypen, trimming them to remove spaces, and adding the hyphen and extra 0's.
Sub splitAddZeros()
Dim sIn, sOut As String
sIn = "TL - 987"
out = Trim(Left(sIn, InStr(1, sIn, "-", vbTextCompare) - 1)) & "-" & Right("000000" & Trim(Right(sIn, Len(sIn) - InStr(1, sIn, "-", vbTextCompare))), 6)
Debug.Print out
End Sub

Answer 6

Put this in a new module:
Option Explicit
Public Function getDigits(strInput As String) As String
Dim strOutput As String
Dim strCharacter As String
Dim i As Integer
strOutput = ""
For i = 1 To Len(strInput)
strCharacter = Mid(strInput, i, 1)
If strCharacter >= "0" And strCharacter <= "9" Then
strOutput = strOutput & strCharacter
End If
Next
getDigits = strOutput
End Function
Public Function addZeros(strInput As String) As String
Dim intCurrentLength As Integer
Dim strNumber As String
Dim i As Integer
strNumber = getDigits(strInput)
intCurrentLength = Len(strNumber)
If intCurrentLength < 6 Then
For i = 1 To 6 - intCurrentLength
strNumber = "0" & strNumber
Next i
End If
addZeros = "TL-" & strNumber
End Function
Then just run addZeros([your string here]) to convert to the required format.
(for user4888 in the comments of this question; an example of how to check whether 'TL' is in a string. This checks cells A1 to A10, and populates a 1 or a 0 in the corresponding cell in column B depending on whether there is a 'TL' in the cell)
Private Sub TLcheck()
Set wb = ThisWorkbook
Set ws = wb.ActiveSheet
For i = 1 To 10
ws.Cells(i, 2) = InStr(1, ws.Cells(i, 1), "TL")
Next i
End Sub