Hi ZOCOR,

You need a macro

Sub NoUnderscores()
Dim Rw, Col
Rw = ActiveCell.Row: Col = ActiveCell.Column
Do
Cells(Rw, Col) = Val(Cells(Rw, Col))
Rw = Rw + 1
Loop Until Cells(Rw, Col) = ""
End Sub

Copy the above into a standard module, select the top cell in the column
that containd your data and run the macro.
It goes down your list and stops when it comes to an empty cell.
As it is, the strings will be converted to numbers.

To keep them as strings, replace Val(Cells(rw, Col)) with
Str(Val(Cells(Rw, Col)))

regards,
Don

"ZOCOR" wrote in message
...
Where do you insert this line of code in excel? in the text box?

ZOCOR


"Don Lloyd" wrote in message
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Hi,

If all the cells are in the format shown then extracting the value will
convert it to a number, minus underscores.
e.g. activecell= Val(activecell)
Should you want to keep it as as text then Activecell=
Str(Val(Activecell))
would do it.
If neither of the above please post back.

regards,
Don

"43N79W" wrote in message
...
Excel 2002
Windows XP Pro

Suppose in column A I have the following kinds of String values

12________
24___
17______
34__
24____


I'd like to write a Macro that will remove all of the underscores
(char(95)
i believe). How would you go about doing that? The number of
underscores
in any given string will vary, but they'll always be at the end of the
string.

TIA

-gk-


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