While I get in theory what you are saying that the *1 changes it from
text to a number, but why does it seem to behave odd? If you run that
formula on a cell that only has 12.3, it returns 123. 12.3 is totally
different than 123 so if ExtractDigits = 12.3, then I don't see why
ExtractDigits * 1 would be 123?

Thanks,
Andrew V. Romero