Hi Dan..........

Data Text to columns Fixed..........then set and/or create your coulum
breakes where you want them..........

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3


"Dan" wrote in message
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Hi there,

I do have a string in a cell that looks like this (this is UTM ED50
format):

46° 34' 21.09" N 8° 24' 54.28" E


I need to convert this string to Latitude and Longitude. The calculation
method is pretty simple. In the example above, its
46 + 34/60 + 21.09/3600 = 46.572525 (Lattitude)
8 + 24/60 + 54.28/3600 = 8.415077778 (Longitude)

So, the calculation as such is not very complicated.
What drives me nuts is to get the numbers out of the long ED50 string. I
managed this with a LOT of SEARCH() and MID() functions, but it's just
awfull !!.

Latitude

=MID($K2,1,SEARCH("°",$K2)-1)+(MID($K2,SEARCH("°",$K2)+1,(SEARCH("'",$K2)-SE

ARCH("°",$K2))-1))/60+(MID($K2,SEARCH("'",$K2)+1,(SEARCH("""",$K2)-SEARCH("'
",$K2))-1)/3600)
Longitude

=MID(MID($K2,22,15),1,SEARCH("°",MID($K2,22,15),1)-1)+MID(MID($K2,22,15),SEA

RCH("°",MID($K2,22,15),1)+1,SEARCH("'",MID($K2,22, 15),1)-SEARCH("°",MID($K2,

22,15),1)-1)/60+MID(MID($K2,22,15),SEARCH("'",MID($K2,22,15),1) +1,SEARCH("""
",MID($K2,22,15),1)-SEARCH("'",MID($K2,22,15),1)-1)/3600

Anyone knows a simpler way?

Thanks

Dan