You can insert a helper column, and use the following if statement to
evaluate the cell data.
=IF(ISTEXT(A1),0,A1)

Then copy the helper column results and click EDIT in the menu and select
PASTE SPECIAL over your original values.
--
Kevin Backmann


"Dave F" wrote:

If the column in which the '0 is appearing is in column A, then do =CLEAN(A1)
and fill down as necessary. Then copy and paste the values of that TRIM
function into column 1 and then re-run your formula below.

Dave
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.


"CareyJ" wrote:

I pull information in from an Essbase database. It puts missing information
in the cell as a text '0. I want to be able to replace '0 with a 0. Or how
would I set up my formula's to recognize the apostrophe?

=IF(C275=0,0,(+B275-C275)/C275)

So it doesn't come out like this? #DIV/0!

Thanks