If you want to convert them in place with no fuss, you can use a
macro to work off of a selection of cells.

For a worksheet solution you can insert a new column (helper column)
the worksheet below is not case sensitive
=IF(A1="Yes",1,IF(A1="No",0, A1))
or a variation
=IF(LEFT(A1,1)="Y",1,IF(LEFT(A1,1)="N",0, A1))

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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"Tonny" wrote in message ...
I want to convert some 'Yes/No' answers into numeric (i.e. Yes=1; No=0).

These will then be inputted into SPSS.

How do you convert text to numeric in Excel?

Thanks in advance