Sorry, only my late-night sense of humor! Just ignore me <g.

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Vasant


"Biff" wrote in message
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Hmmm......

I don't get it !

Biff

"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn AT aol DOT com wrote in message
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"Biff" wrote in message
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The above will return a text string.

If you want a numeric number

Hi Biff:

I know it's late, but are there non-text strings and non-numeric numbers?
<vbg

Just kidding!

Regards,

Vasant




"Biff" wrote in message
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Hi!

Try this:

Is 0110001 a numeric number or a text string?

="0"&SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(Outward!B5,"-","",1),"-",0)

The above will return a text string.

If you want a numeric number:

=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(Outward!B5,"-","",1),"-",0)*1

Format the cell as CUSTOM - 0000000

Biff

"Steved" wrote in message
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SUBSTITUTE(Outward!B5,"-","0")+0

from 1-100-1 to 0110001 please

Ok I was kindly given the above formula Which I am grateful and useful.
Please can I Have it so it deletes the first - in 1-100 to be 1100
the end result woud be 0110001 from the original 1-100-1 value
in brief first - deleted, the second - replace with a 0.

Thankyou for your time on this issue.