Try this in B1, if your number is in A1:

=IF(A1<20,REPT(REPT(CHAR(134),4)&" ",INT(A1/5))&REPT("| ",MOD
(A1,5)),A1)

It displays like this:

3 | | |
5 €*€*€*€*
7 €*€*€*€* | |
11 €*€*€*€* €*€*€*€* |
15 €*€*€*€* €*€*€*€* €*€*€*€*
19 €*€*€*€* €*€*€*€* €*€*€*€* | | | |
20 20
27 27

(Based on a reply to another post by Dave Peterson in Nov 2006).

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Oct 22, 9:49Â*am, Steve wrote:
I wish to convert numbers in a spreadsheet into tally marks?

If number was to be 20 or higher I would like to return that number.

If that number was less than 20 i would like to see it displayed with tally
marks

Tally marks requirded are groups of four with diagonal or horizontal line
through groups of four to represent groups of 5

is that possible?