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I am using Excel 97 which contains some data in the following format
"NN000000N". The N's represent Alpha characters and the 0's represent numbers. What I want to do is create a formula that will keep all the N's but increment the numbers by 12. Does anyone know how to do this |
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Hi Chris,
For a string in A1: =LEFT(A1,2)&TEXT(MID(A1,3,6)+12,"000000")&RIGHT(A1 ,1) Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Chris waller" wrote in message ... I am using Excel 97 which contains some data in the following format "NN000000N". The N's represent Alpha characters and the 0's represent numbers. What I want to do is create a formula that will keep all the N's but increment the numbers by 12. Does anyone know how to do this |
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FAO Macropod
That was brilliant. Thanks for your prompt reply. Chris "macropod" wrote: Hi Chris, For a string in A1: =LEFT(A1,2)&TEXT(MID(A1,3,6)+12,"000000")&RIGHT(A1 ,1) Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Chris waller" wrote in message ... I am using Excel 97 which contains some data in the following format "NN000000N". The N's represent Alpha characters and the 0's represent numbers. What I want to do is create a formula that will keep all the N's but increment the numbers by 12. Does anyone know how to do this |
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