Are you sure, Martin? Colons are normally used to define an array, so a
colon in this case would be invalid syntax. The list separator, a
semi-colon in some regional settings, is more likely to be a comma in other
settings. Hence you may want =LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-1)*1, or alternatively
=--LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-1)
--
David Biddulph

"MartinW" wrote in message
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And another adjustment.

Those semi colons ;
Should be colons :

"MartinW" wrote in message
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Slight adjustment there,

=LEFT(A1;LENGTH(A1)-1)*1
Should be
=LEFT(A1;LEN(A1)-1)*1

And just to expand a little
=LEFT(A1;LEN(A1)-1)
will return the number as text.

"Hansueli" wrote in message
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=LEFT(A1;LENGTH(A1)-1)*1

Rgds. Hansueli