Try...

=LOOKUP(9.99999999999999E+307,--LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","."),ROW(INDIRECT(
"1:"&LEN(A1)))))

Hope this helps!

In article ,
"Rodney" wrote:

Here is what I hope to be a fair sample of some prices in a column,
is anyone able to offer a formula to strip the text
and convert to decimals please?

4-13F
2-5F
1-2F
8-13F
8-11F
4-5F
9-10F
1F
10-9F
5-4F
5-4
5-4F
11-8F
11-8EF
6-4F
13-8F
7-4F
7-4EF
7-4
15-8F
15-8
2F
10
250
300