To tackle that question, I would change my earlier formula (from more than a
year ago) to
=TRUNC(ROUND(A1/0.0254,0)/12)&" feet
"&ABS(ROUND(A1/0.0254,0)-TRUNC(ROUND(A1/0.0254,0)/12)*12)&" inches"

I will leave someone else to simplify it as Rick did for my previous effort.
--
David Biddulph

"TheBlueShadow" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to put together a chart for track and field. This formula works
great except for one thing ... I'm wondering if you can find a solution.

If a pole vault bar is raised to 3.2 meters it equals 10' 6" like your
formula produces. But if the bar is raised to 3.35 meters the formula
produces 10' 12" ... is there a way to have the formula produce 11'
instead?

Thank you. :)

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

Why not just this instead?

=TRUNC(A1/0.3048)&" feet "&ROUND(MOD(ABS(A1)/0.3048,1)*12,0)&" inches"

Rick


"David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote in message
...
Checking again in the negative number case, it does need something a
bit
more complicated, such as:
=TRUNC(A1/0.3048)&" feet
"&ABS(ROUND((A1/0.3048-TRUNC(A1/0.3048))*12,0))&"
inches"
--
David Biddulph

"David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote in message
...
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" ?
--
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