I have a row of numbers, which can be 2 or 3 digits long. Some have * before
the numbers, some don't. I want another cell to be able to read the numeric
value if the cell has an * before it. Any ideas? I'm stuck.

=IF(LEFT(A2)="*",--RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-1),A2)
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David Biddulph

"Mike" wrote in message
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I have a row of numbers, which can be 2 or 3 digits long. Some have *
before
the numbers, some don't. I want another cell to be able to read the
numeric
value if the cell has an * before it. Any ideas? I'm stuck.

I want another cell to be able to read the numeric value if the cell
has an * before it. Any ideas?

If you mean that only for cells that have "*", then the formula given
above wont do
because it will give you the numerics after the "*" in case there is a
star.
In case there is no star, it will return the value in the cell, but
this doesnt seem to be what you exactly want unless i misunderstood
you, but in the way you are asking "... value if the cell has an *
before it" means only cells with "*", if this is the case than use
this:

=IF(LEFT(A1,1)="*",--MID(A1,2,LEN(A1)),"")
this will return the value after the "*" if there is a star, and
nothing if no star was found.

Maybe this:

=--SUBSTITUTE(A1,"*","")


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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Mike" wrote in message
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I have a row of numbers, which can be 2 or 3 digits long. Some have *
before
the numbers, some don't. I want another cell to be able to read the
numeric
value if the cell has an * before it. Any ideas? I'm stuck.