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Formula or Function to Set Many Existing Numbers in Same Format?
I have a column of numbers in the following format:
X-XX-XXXXXX-X That is, they're all ten-digit numbers with hyphens in the positions shown. Or rather, they all SHOULD be like that. Unfortunately, they've been keyed in by many different people, and sometimes the hyphens have been left out, so the number looks like this: XXXXXXXXXX Is there a way to automate the insertion of the hyphens so I don't have to do many hundreds of them manually? It would need to be a method I could use on the column as a whole (and that wouldn't screw up the correct numbers), because the improperly-formatted numbers are scattered through, and if I have to select only the incorrect ones to fix, I won't really be saving much time. Help! Thanks as always! |
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Hmm. I'm not sure this is going to work. I can use the Find and Replace
feature to find the hyphenated numbers like you suggest by putting ?-??-??????-? in the "Find" field, but I would need to replace the number in each cell with a non-hyphenated version of the number already in the cell, which I don't think I can automated using the replace feature. Am I just missing something? "Sloth" wrote: I would delete all the hyphens using the find replace function (put - in find and nothing in replace). Then you can use a custom number format like this 0-00-000000-0 this would make every cell look the same. The value of each cell will be a 10 digit number, but they will look the way you want when viewing and printing. Save your work before trying this. "V. Hatherley" wrote: I have a column of numbers in the following format: X-XX-XXXXXX-X That is, they're all ten-digit numbers with hyphens in the positions shown. Or rather, they all SHOULD be like that. Unfortunately, they've been keyed in by many different people, and sometimes the hyphens have been left out, so the number looks like this: XXXXXXXXXX Is there a way to automate the insertion of the hyphens so I don't have to do many hundreds of them manually? It would need to be a method I could use on the column as a whole (and that wouldn't screw up the correct numbers), because the improperly-formatted numbers are scattered through, and if I have to select only the incorrect ones to fix, I won't really be saving much time. Help! Thanks as always! |
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Under Find enter a hyphen, and leave it blank under replace. Click "replace
all". This will delete all hyphens automatically, turning every cell into a 10 digit number. The custom format will then change the "look" of the values in the cells and make them look the way you want. "V. Hatherley" wrote: Hmm. I'm not sure this is going to work. I can use the Find and Replace feature to find the hyphenated numbers like you suggest by putting ?-??-??????-? in the "Find" field, but I would need to replace the number in each cell with a non-hyphenated version of the number already in the cell, which I don't think I can automated using the replace feature. Am I just missing something? "Sloth" wrote: I would delete all the hyphens using the find replace function (put - in find and nothing in replace). Then you can use a custom number format like this 0-00-000000-0 this would make every cell look the same. The value of each cell will be a 10 digit number, but they will look the way you want when viewing and printing. Save your work before trying this. "V. Hatherley" wrote: I have a column of numbers in the following format: X-XX-XXXXXX-X That is, they're all ten-digit numbers with hyphens in the positions shown. Or rather, they all SHOULD be like that. Unfortunately, they've been keyed in by many different people, and sometimes the hyphens have been left out, so the number looks like this: XXXXXXXXXX Is there a way to automate the insertion of the hyphens so I don't have to do many hundreds of them manually? It would need to be a method I could use on the column as a whole (and that wouldn't screw up the correct numbers), because the improperly-formatted numbers are scattered through, and if I have to select only the incorrect ones to fix, I won't really be saving much time. Help! Thanks as always! |
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Oh, got it. Sorry about the stupidity--thanks for the help! I think this will
work! "Sloth" wrote: Under Find enter a hyphen, and leave it blank under replace. Click "replace all". This will delete all hyphens automatically, turning every cell into a 10 digit number. The custom format will then change the "look" of the values in the cells and make them look the way you want. "V. Hatherley" wrote: Hmm. I'm not sure this is going to work. I can use the Find and Replace feature to find the hyphenated numbers like you suggest by putting ?-??-??????-? in the "Find" field, but I would need to replace the number in each cell with a non-hyphenated version of the number already in the cell, which I don't think I can automated using the replace feature. Am I just missing something? "Sloth" wrote: I would delete all the hyphens using the find replace function (put - in find and nothing in replace). Then you can use a custom number format like this 0-00-000000-0 this would make every cell look the same. The value of each cell will be a 10 digit number, but they will look the way you want when viewing and printing. Save your work before trying this. "V. Hatherley" wrote: I have a column of numbers in the following format: X-XX-XXXXXX-X That is, they're all ten-digit numbers with hyphens in the positions shown. Or rather, they all SHOULD be like that. Unfortunately, they've been keyed in by many different people, and sometimes the hyphens have been left out, so the number looks like this: XXXXXXXXXX Is there a way to automate the insertion of the hyphens so I don't have to do many hundreds of them manually? It would need to be a method I could use on the column as a whole (and that wouldn't screw up the correct numbers), because the improperly-formatted numbers are scattered through, and if I have to select only the incorrect ones to fix, I won't really be saving much time. Help! Thanks as always! |
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Just be aware that any leading zeros will be lost with this method.
i.e. 0-00-123456-7 will turn into 1234567 when you replace the hyphens with nothing. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:03:01 -0700, V. Hatherley wrote: Oh, got it. Sorry about the stupidity--thanks for the help! I think this will work! "Sloth" wrote: Under Find enter a hyphen, and leave it blank under replace. Click "replace all". This will delete all hyphens automatically, turning every cell into a 10 digit number. The custom format will then change the "look" of the values in the cells and make them look the way you want. "V. Hatherley" wrote: Hmm. I'm not sure this is going to work. I can use the Find and Replace feature to find the hyphenated numbers like you suggest by putting ?-??-??????-? in the "Find" field, but I would need to replace the number in each cell with a non-hyphenated version of the number already in the cell, which I don't think I can automated using the replace feature. Am I just missing something? "Sloth" wrote: I would delete all the hyphens using the find replace function (put - in find and nothing in replace). Then you can use a custom number format like this 0-00-000000-0 this would make every cell look the same. The value of each cell will be a 10 digit number, but they will look the way you want when viewing and printing. Save your work before trying this. "V. Hatherley" wrote: I have a column of numbers in the following format: X-XX-XXXXXX-X That is, they're all ten-digit numbers with hyphens in the positions shown. Or rather, they all SHOULD be like that. Unfortunately, they've been keyed in by many different people, and sometimes the hyphens have been left out, so the number looks like this: XXXXXXXXXX Is there a way to automate the insertion of the hyphens so I don't have to do many hundreds of them manually? It would need to be a method I could use on the column as a whole (and that wouldn't screw up the correct numbers), because the improperly-formatted numbers are scattered through, and if I have to select only the incorrect ones to fix, I won't really be saving much time. Help! Thanks as always! |
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