This isn't a solution, but a suggestion.

You'll find your excel life lots easier if you put the number in a dedicated
cell/column and the words/description in a different cell/column.

I'd use columns A and B.

On 01/11/2012 16:18, JackLafleur wrote:
Please forgive my ignorance, I am looking to do something similar here.
I am looking to divide the contents of cell B21 by the contents of cell
A27 on my Excel sheet. The problem I am encountering is cell A27
contains the following "9 Waitresses" and I am looking to have the
formula disregard the text "Waitresses". Can anyone tell me how to do
this? Many thanks!





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Dave Peterson