Better to divide by 0.3048, rather than to multiply by what isn't exactly
the reciprocal.
Also, why are you using the strange ROUND construct, rather than using TRUNC
(or INT if the number is positive, as your ROUND only works for positive
numbers)?

Isn't =TRUNC(A1/0.3048)&" feet "&ROUND(MOD(A1/0.3048,1)*12,0)&" inches" a
bit easier than
=ROUND(A1*3.2808399-0.5,0)&" feet
"&ROUND((A1*3.2808399-ROUND(A1*3.2808399-0.5,0))*12,0)&" inches" ?
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David Biddulph

"sb1920alk" wrote in message
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=ROUND(A1*3.2808399-0.5,0)&" feet
"&ROUND((A1*3.2808399-ROUND(A1*3.2808399-0.5,0))*12,0)&" inches"

Here I'm converting the value in A1 from meters to feet using 3.2808399
feet
per meter. The first part truncates the decimal protion and adds, "feet"
and
the second part truncates the integer portion and convert it to inches and
adds "inches"

"Ann" wrote:

i'm trying to convert from meters to feet and inches (not just feet or
not
just inches).
so if i have 2 meters, i want the result to read 6 feet, 2 inches for
example not 6.x feet or 78 inches.
here's the formula i have, which i can't get right.
=CONVERT(2,"m","ft""in").
tia