Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in them, then extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another formula?


--
Kwokman

Need more detail.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in them, then
extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another formula?


--
Kwokman

Perhaps something like this, using ISNUMBER:
In E1: =IF(ISNUMBER(A1),A1*SUM(B1:C1),"")
--
Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
---
"Kwokman3" wrote:
Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in them, then extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another formula?
--
Kwokman

Ok....sample...

If a given spreadsheet has...

3 days [in cell A1]
400 per day [in cell A2]

then in cell A3, I'd like to multiply 3 and 400.
Mind you, the cell has mixed text and numbers.

Some idiot submitted a huge spreadsheet without separating units from number
of units!!



--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Need more detail.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in them, then
extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another formula?


--
Kwokman

Assuming the number is always the first characters of the string followed by
a space:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Ok....sample...

If a given spreadsheet has...

3 days [in cell A1]
400 per day [in cell A2]

then in cell A3, I'd like to multiply 3 and 400.
Mind you, the cell has mixed text and numbers.

Some idiot submitted a huge spreadsheet without separating units from
number
of units!!



--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Need more detail.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in them, then
extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another formula?


--
Kwokman

3 days [in cell A1]
400 per day [in cell A2]

Maybe this, in A3:
=LEFT(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,SEARCH(" ",A2)-1)
--
Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
---

Hi,
If all your data starts with numbers and has a space between the number and
the text, as per your samples:

Assuming data in column A, starting in A2, try this in B2, copied down:
=LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2,1)-1)

Regards - Dave.

This works!! Thank you!!

For my knowledge, if you have the time to respond,
how do the LEFT() and FIND() functions work?

--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Assuming the number is always the first characters of the string followed by
a space:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Ok....sample...

If a given spreadsheet has...

3 days [in cell A1]
400 per day [in cell A2]

then in cell A3, I'd like to multiply 3 and 400.
Mind you, the cell has mixed text and numbers.

Some idiot submitted a huge spreadsheet without separating units from
number
of units!!



--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Need more detail.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in them, then
extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another formula?


--
Kwokman

Let's use this string for an example:

A1 = 3 days

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

The LEFT function returns the specified number of characters of a string
starting from the leftmost character. We use FIND to determine the specified
number of characters.

Since the part of the string we want to extract is immediately before the
first space we find the location of that first space and then subtract 1 for
the space character itself. We use the FIND function to tell us where that
first space character id located.

3 days

FIND(" ",A1) = 2

The space is the second character in the string. We subtract 1 for the space
character itself so:

FIND(" ",A1)-1 = 1

This 1 is then passed to the LEFT function telling it we want to extract 1
character starting from the leftmost of the string "3 days".

So, the result of this formula is 3. It's important to note that the LEFT
function returns a TEXT value. Using this example the "3" we extracted is a
TEXT number not a numeric value. When combined with the other segment of the
entire formula:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

The TEXT numbers are coerced to numeric values by performing a math
operation of them. So, the final result of the entire formula is numeric
1200.


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
This works!! Thank you!!

For my knowledge, if you have the time to respond,
how do the LEFT() and FIND() functions work?

--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Assuming the number is always the first characters of the string followed
by
a space:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Ok....sample...

If a given spreadsheet has...

3 days [in cell A1]
400 per day [in cell A2]

then in cell A3, I'd like to multiply 3 and 400.
Mind you, the cell has mixed text and numbers.

Some idiot submitted a huge spreadsheet without separating units from
number
of units!!



--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Need more detail.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in them, then
extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another formula?


--
Kwokman

This was soooooooo helpful. Can I add to this question? If I use the left -
find formula to pull out a number from a text string, I know I can calculate
using this formula but can I take the results and sum it? I have a list of
file sized in various units (KB, MB, GB) and I used an "IF" formula along
with the left-find function noted below to convert all of the text strings
into KB. BUt now I can't sum those results. Is there a way to do this?

"T. Valko" wrote:

Let's use this string for an example:

A1 = 3 days

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

The LEFT function returns the specified number of characters of a string
starting from the leftmost character. We use FIND to determine the specified
number of characters.

Since the part of the string we want to extract is immediately before the
first space we find the location of that first space and then subtract 1 for
the space character itself. We use the FIND function to tell us where that
first space character id located.

3 days

FIND(" ",A1) = 2

The space is the second character in the string. We subtract 1 for the space
character itself so:

FIND(" ",A1)-1 = 1

This 1 is then passed to the LEFT function telling it we want to extract 1
character starting from the leftmost of the string "3 days".

So, the result of this formula is 3. It's important to note that the LEFT
function returns a TEXT value. Using this example the "3" we extracted is a
TEXT number not a numeric value. When combined with the other segment of the
entire formula:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

The TEXT numbers are coerced to numeric values by performing a math
operation of them. So, the final result of the entire formula is numeric
1200.


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
This works!! Thank you!!

For my knowledge, if you have the time to respond,
how do the LEFT() and FIND() functions work?

--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Assuming the number is always the first characters of the string followed
by
a space:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Ok....sample...

If a given spreadsheet has...

3 days [in cell A1]
400 per day [in cell A2]

then in cell A3, I'd like to multiply 3 and 400.
Mind you, the cell has mixed text and numbers.

Some idiot submitted a huge spreadsheet without separating units from
number
of units!!



--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Need more detail.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in them, then
extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another formula?


--
Kwokman

A1 = 200 MB

=--LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)

Will return the numeric value 200 which can then be used in any number
calculation.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"JICDB" wrote in message
...
This was soooooooo helpful. Can I add to this question? If I use the
left -
find formula to pull out a number from a text string, I know I can
calculate
using this formula but can I take the results and sum it? I have a list
of
file sized in various units (KB, MB, GB) and I used an "IF" formula along
with the left-find function noted below to convert all of the text strings
into KB. BUt now I can't sum those results. Is there a way to do this?

"T. Valko" wrote:

Let's use this string for an example:

A1 = 3 days

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

The LEFT function returns the specified number of characters of a string
starting from the leftmost character. We use FIND to determine the
specified
number of characters.

Since the part of the string we want to extract is immediately before the
first space we find the location of that first space and then subtract 1
for
the space character itself. We use the FIND function to tell us where
that
first space character id located.

3 days

FIND(" ",A1) = 2

The space is the second character in the string. We subtract 1 for the
space
character itself so:

FIND(" ",A1)-1 = 1

This 1 is then passed to the LEFT function telling it we want to extract
1
character starting from the leftmost of the string "3 days".

So, the result of this formula is 3. It's important to note that the LEFT
function returns a TEXT value. Using this example the "3" we extracted is
a
TEXT number not a numeric value. When combined with the other segment of
the
entire formula:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

The TEXT numbers are coerced to numeric values by performing a math
operation of them. So, the final result of the entire formula is numeric
1200.


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
This works!! Thank you!!

For my knowledge, if you have the time to respond,
how do the LEFT() and FIND() functions work?

--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Assuming the number is always the first characters of the string
followed
by
a space:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Ok....sample...

If a given spreadsheet has...

3 days [in cell A1]
400 per day [in cell A2]

then in cell A3, I'd like to multiply 3 and 400.
Mind you, the cell has mixed text and numbers.

Some idiot submitted a huge spreadsheet without separating units
from
number
of units!!



--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Need more detail.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in them,
then
extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another formula?


--
Kwokman

At first it didn't work because I didn't put the two dashes in the beginning.
That's so cool - it works great! What do the two dashes offically do?

"T. Valko" wrote:

A1 = 200 MB

=--LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)

Will return the numeric value 200 which can then be used in any number
calculation.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"JICDB" wrote in message
...
This was soooooooo helpful. Can I add to this question? If I use the
left -
find formula to pull out a number from a text string, I know I can
calculate
using this formula but can I take the results and sum it? I have a list
of
file sized in various units (KB, MB, GB) and I used an "IF" formula along
with the left-find function noted below to convert all of the text strings
into KB. BUt now I can't sum those results. Is there a way to do this?

"T. Valko" wrote:

Let's use this string for an example:

A1 = 3 days

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

The LEFT function returns the specified number of characters of a string
starting from the leftmost character. We use FIND to determine the
specified
number of characters.

Since the part of the string we want to extract is immediately before the
first space we find the location of that first space and then subtract 1
for
the space character itself. We use the FIND function to tell us where
that
first space character id located.

3 days

FIND(" ",A1) = 2

The space is the second character in the string. We subtract 1 for the
space
character itself so:

FIND(" ",A1)-1 = 1

This 1 is then passed to the LEFT function telling it we want to extract
1
character starting from the leftmost of the string "3 days".

So, the result of this formula is 3. It's important to note that the LEFT
function returns a TEXT value. Using this example the "3" we extracted is
a
TEXT number not a numeric value. When combined with the other segment of
the
entire formula:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

The TEXT numbers are coerced to numeric values by performing a math
operation of them. So, the final result of the entire formula is numeric
1200.


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
This works!! Thank you!!

For my knowledge, if you have the time to respond,
how do the LEFT() and FIND() functions work?

--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Assuming the number is always the first characters of the string
followed
by
a space:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Ok....sample...

If a given spreadsheet has...

3 days [in cell A1]
400 per day [in cell A2]

then in cell A3, I'd like to multiply 3 and 400.
Mind you, the cell has mixed text and numbers.

Some idiot submitted a huge spreadsheet without separating units
from
number
of units!!



--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Need more detail.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in them,
then
extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another formula?


--
Kwokman

The 2 dashes are called double negation and is one way of coercing a text
number into a numeric number.

"200" is the text number (data type: text)

The first dash coerces the text number into the numeric number -200. The 2nd
dash then converts the -200 to positive 200.

This also works on numeric numbers.

Try entering these values in some cells:

A1 = 200
A2 = -200
A3 = '200

The first thing you'll notice is A1 and A2 are aligned right which is one
way to tell that they're numeric numbers (data type: numeric). A3 is aligned
left which is one way to tell that it's a text number (data type: text).

Enter these formulas in:

B1: =-A1
C1: =-B1

Copy down to B3:C3

Double negation is also one method of coercing the Boolean logicals TRUE and
FALSE to numeric 1 and 0 which can then be used in various ways for
calculations.

A4 = TRUE
A5 = FALSE

B4: =--A4
B5: =--A5


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"JICDB" wrote in message
...
At first it didn't work because I didn't put the two dashes in the
beginning.
That's so cool - it works great! What do the two dashes offically do?

"T. Valko" wrote:

A1 = 200 MB

=--LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)

Will return the numeric value 200 which can then be used in any number
calculation.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"JICDB" wrote in message
...
This was soooooooo helpful. Can I add to this question? If I use the
left -
find formula to pull out a number from a text string, I know I can
calculate
using this formula but can I take the results and sum it? I have a
list
of
file sized in various units (KB, MB, GB) and I used an "IF" formula
along
with the left-find function noted below to convert all of the text
strings
into KB. BUt now I can't sum those results. Is there a way to do this?

"T. Valko" wrote:

Let's use this string for an example:

A1 = 3 days

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

The LEFT function returns the specified number of characters of a
string
starting from the leftmost character. We use FIND to determine the
specified
number of characters.

Since the part of the string we want to extract is immediately before
the
first space we find the location of that first space and then subtract
1
for
the space character itself. We use the FIND function to tell us where
that
first space character id located.

3 days

FIND(" ",A1) = 2

The space is the second character in the string. We subtract 1 for the
space
character itself so:

FIND(" ",A1)-1 = 1

This 1 is then passed to the LEFT function telling it we want to
extract
1
character starting from the leftmost of the string "3 days".

So, the result of this formula is 3. It's important to note that the
LEFT
function returns a TEXT value. Using this example the "3" we extracted
is
a
TEXT number not a numeric value. When combined with the other segment
of
the
entire formula:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

The TEXT numbers are coerced to numeric values by performing a math
operation of them. So, the final result of the entire formula is
numeric
1200.


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
This works!! Thank you!!

For my knowledge, if you have the time to respond,
how do the LEFT() and FIND() functions work?

--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Assuming the number is always the first characters of the string
followed
by
a space:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Ok....sample...

If a given spreadsheet has...

3 days [in cell A1]
400 per day [in cell A2]

then in cell A3, I'd like to multiply 3 and 400.
Mind you, the cell has mixed text and numbers.

Some idiot submitted a huge spreadsheet without separating units
from
number
of units!!



--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Need more detail.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in
them,
then
extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another
formula?


--
Kwokman

Wow - that is cool. I can see how I could use this in a formula for
true/false too. Thanks so much for your help. I'm going to have to document
this so I can find it when I need it.

"T. Valko" wrote:

The 2 dashes are called double negation and is one way of coercing a text
number into a numeric number.

"200" is the text number (data type: text)

The first dash coerces the text number into the numeric number -200. The 2nd
dash then converts the -200 to positive 200.

This also works on numeric numbers.

Try entering these values in some cells:

A1 = 200
A2 = -200
A3 = '200

The first thing you'll notice is A1 and A2 are aligned right which is one
way to tell that they're numeric numbers (data type: numeric). A3 is aligned
left which is one way to tell that it's a text number (data type: text).

Enter these formulas in:

B1: =-A1
C1: =-B1

Copy down to B3:C3

Double negation is also one method of coercing the Boolean logicals TRUE and
FALSE to numeric 1 and 0 which can then be used in various ways for
calculations.

A4 = TRUE
A5 = FALSE

B4: =--A4
B5: =--A5


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"JICDB" wrote in message
...
At first it didn't work because I didn't put the two dashes in the
beginning.
That's so cool - it works great! What do the two dashes offically do?

"T. Valko" wrote:

A1 = 200 MB

=--LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)

Will return the numeric value 200 which can then be used in any number
calculation.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"JICDB" wrote in message
...
This was soooooooo helpful. Can I add to this question? If I use the
left -
find formula to pull out a number from a text string, I know I can
calculate
using this formula but can I take the results and sum it? I have a
list
of
file sized in various units (KB, MB, GB) and I used an "IF" formula
along
with the left-find function noted below to convert all of the text
strings
into KB. BUt now I can't sum those results. Is there a way to do this?

"T. Valko" wrote:

Let's use this string for an example:

A1 = 3 days

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

The LEFT function returns the specified number of characters of a
string
starting from the leftmost character. We use FIND to determine the
specified
number of characters.

Since the part of the string we want to extract is immediately before
the
first space we find the location of that first space and then subtract
1
for
the space character itself. We use the FIND function to tell us where
that
first space character id located.

3 days

FIND(" ",A1) = 2

The space is the second character in the string. We subtract 1 for the
space
character itself so:

FIND(" ",A1)-1 = 1

This 1 is then passed to the LEFT function telling it we want to
extract
1
character starting from the leftmost of the string "3 days".

So, the result of this formula is 3. It's important to note that the
LEFT
function returns a TEXT value. Using this example the "3" we extracted
is
a
TEXT number not a numeric value. When combined with the other segment
of
the
entire formula:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

The TEXT numbers are coerced to numeric values by performing a math
operation of them. So, the final result of the entire formula is
numeric
1200.


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
This works!! Thank you!!

For my knowledge, if you have the time to respond,
how do the LEFT() and FIND() functions work?

--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Assuming the number is always the first characters of the string
followed
by
a space:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Ok....sample...

If a given spreadsheet has...

3 days [in cell A1]
400 per day [in cell A2]

then in cell A3, I'd like to multiply 3 and 400.
Mind you, the cell has mixed text and numbers.

Some idiot submitted a huge spreadsheet without separating units
from
number
of units!!



--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Need more detail.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in
them,
then
extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another
formula?


--
Kwokman

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"JICDB" wrote in message
...
Wow - that is cool. I can see how I could use this in a formula for
true/false too. Thanks so much for your help. I'm going to have to
document
this so I can find it when I need it.

"T. Valko" wrote:

The 2 dashes are called double negation and is one way of coercing a text
number into a numeric number.

"200" is the text number (data type: text)

The first dash coerces the text number into the numeric number -200. The
2nd
dash then converts the -200 to positive 200.

This also works on numeric numbers.

Try entering these values in some cells:

A1 = 200
A2 = -200
A3 = '200

The first thing you'll notice is A1 and A2 are aligned right which is one
way to tell that they're numeric numbers (data type: numeric). A3 is
aligned
left which is one way to tell that it's a text number (data type: text).

Enter these formulas in:

B1: =-A1
C1: =-B1

Copy down to B3:C3

Double negation is also one method of coercing the Boolean logicals TRUE
and
FALSE to numeric 1 and 0 which can then be used in various ways for
calculations.

A4 = TRUE
A5 = FALSE

B4: =--A4
B5: =--A5


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"JICDB" wrote in message
...
At first it didn't work because I didn't put the two dashes in the
beginning.
That's so cool - it works great! What do the two dashes offically do?

"T. Valko" wrote:

A1 = 200 MB

=--LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)

Will return the numeric value 200 which can then be used in any number
calculation.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"JICDB" wrote in message
...
This was soooooooo helpful. Can I add to this question? If I use
the
left -
find formula to pull out a number from a text string, I know I can
calculate
using this formula but can I take the results and sum it? I have a
list
of
file sized in various units (KB, MB, GB) and I used an "IF" formula
along
with the left-find function noted below to convert all of the text
strings
into KB. BUt now I can't sum those results. Is there a way to do
this?

"T. Valko" wrote:

Let's use this string for an example:

A1 = 3 days

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

The LEFT function returns the specified number of characters of a
string
starting from the leftmost character. We use FIND to determine the
specified
number of characters.

Since the part of the string we want to extract is immediately
before
the
first space we find the location of that first space and then
subtract
1
for
the space character itself. We use the FIND function to tell us
where
that
first space character id located.

3 days

FIND(" ",A1) = 2

The space is the second character in the string. We subtract 1 for
the
space
character itself so:

FIND(" ",A1)-1 = 1

This 1 is then passed to the LEFT function telling it we want to
extract
1
character starting from the leftmost of the string "3 days".

So, the result of this formula is 3. It's important to note that
the
LEFT
function returns a TEXT value. Using this example the "3" we
extracted
is
a
TEXT number not a numeric value. When combined with the other
segment
of
the
entire formula:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

The TEXT numbers are coerced to numeric values by performing a math
operation of them. So, the final result of the entire formula is
numeric
1200.


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
This works!! Thank you!!

For my knowledge, if you have the time to respond,
how do the LEFT() and FIND() functions work?

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Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Assuming the number is always the first characters of the string
followed
by
a space:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in message
...
Ok....sample...

If a given spreadsheet has...

3 days [in cell A1]
400 per day [in cell A2]

then in cell A3, I'd like to multiply 3 and 400.
Mind you, the cell has mixed text and numbers.

Some idiot submitted a huge spreadsheet without separating
units
from
number
of units!!



--
Kwokman


"T. Valko" wrote:

Need more detail.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kwokman3" wrote in
message
...
Help!!

Is there a way for excel to identify cells with number in
them,
then
extract
the numerical data from the cell and use it in another
formula?


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Kwokman