You could try
=B5-IF(ISNUMBER(B3),B3,RIGHT(B3,LEN(B3)-1))
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David Biddulph

"Karen" wrote in message
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I posted the following message on the board a few days ago:

Using Excel 2003
I have a cell (B3) that has a value of 0.30%. Then I have another cell
(B5) that has a value of 0.35%. I want to know the difference between the
two values, which is 0.05%. I cannot just use the formula =B5-B3 because
of
the greater than symbol in B3. I was thinking of using a different cell
(let's say C3) and then create a formula for that cell to extract the
symbol and then use that cell for my difference and then hide that column.
What would be the formula to hide the symbol?

Paul (PVLIVE) suggested I use the following formula:
=B5-RIGHT(B3,LEN(B3)-1)
It works great, but I just noticed that there are some cells that do not
have the or < symbol. How can the formula be modified so it calculates
with or without the symbol?

Thank you ALL