If "yes" and "no" are the *only* possible entries in Column A:

=--(A1="yes")

If other entries are possible:

=IF(A1="yes",1,IF(A1="no",0,""))
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HTH,

RD
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Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
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"kiran" wrote in message
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I have a column with values yes no as mentioned below i want 1 if value is
yes 0 if value is no in next column
yes
no
yes
yes
no
no
yes
yes