There are two possible reasons you would seee the formula in a cell rather
than the value;

1. The cell was formatted as Text. To fix this, re-format the cell to
General and re-endter the formula

2. The Formula Display mode is on. To fix this just touch CNTRL-`
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Gary''s Student - gsnu201003


"Reno" wrote:

from downloaded file, in A1 have CS1234567 and want the numbers only, used
value(mid(a1,2,7)) and instead of 1234567, it returned formula
value(mid(a1,2,7)) . formatted the col for number, and general with same
formula returned. Also deleted column then added column with same result.