Import data from Access and doesnt recognize numbers in left f
hi,
Your formula returned a text string, multiplying by 1 made it a number.
leaving it as text 'might' have created issues if you were doing lookup
comparisons.
Glad I could help
Mike
"tpeter" wrote:
WOW,
That was perfect, thank you, what is the *1 for?
"Mike H" wrote:
Try
=(IF(VALUE(LEFT(B2,2))<11,20&LEFT(B2,2),19&LEFT(B2 ,2)))*1
Mike
"tpeter" wrote:
I have a database that is sorted and imported into excel for charting
purposes. I have all the data there but need to pull out the first 2 numbers
of a field to create a year. Here is an example of the data I am importing:
93h00151615 (would be 1993)
10j56465665 (would be 2010)
I am using this function to accomplish this in another colume:
if(left(b2,2)<11,20&left(b2,2),19&left(b2,2)
This always uses the default because it doesn't reconize the first two
characters as letters. I have reformated the cells but it doesn't work.
Thank you for your help.
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