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Find cell containing a letter
I have a column of numbers that were scanned in and OCR often makes mistakes
inserting a "S" instead of an "8" for example or an "O" instead of an "0". Any ideas on how I can find any cells that contain A-Z in a cell of numbers? I tried just sorting and picking up the mistakes at the bottom, however, that does not always work. If the list of telephone numbers 000-000-0000 contains a letter 603-5S5-0000 this does not sort to the bottom.. Thanks for the help! |
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If the format your dealing with is all like that:
000-000-0000 Perhaps this will do the trick: =IF(ISNUMBER(VALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"-",""))),"","Letter present") -- Best Regards, Luke M *Remember to click "yes" if this post helped you!* "Jon Hebert" wrote: I have a column of numbers that were scanned in and OCR often makes mistakes inserting a "S" instead of an "8" for example or an "O" instead of an "0". Any ideas on how I can find any cells that contain A-Z in a cell of numbers? I tried just sorting and picking up the mistakes at the bottom, however, that does not always work. If the list of telephone numbers 000-000-0000 contains a letter 603-5S5-0000 this does not sort to the bottom.. Thanks for the help! |
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I placed 000-00A-0000 in A2 and typed your formula in B2
I got "False" as a result. I then ran your formula on 000-000-0000 and I got Letter present.. What do you think? Thank you! "Luke M" wrote: If the format your dealing with is all like that: 000-000-0000 Perhaps this will do the trick: =IF(ISNUMBER(VALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"-",""))),"","Letter present") -- Best Regards, Luke M *Remember to click "yes" if this post helped you!* "Jon Hebert" wrote: I have a column of numbers that were scanned in and OCR often makes mistakes inserting a "S" instead of an "8" for example or an "O" instead of an "0". Any ideas on how I can find any cells that contain A-Z in a cell of numbers? I tried just sorting and picking up the mistakes at the bottom, however, that does not always work. If the list of telephone numbers 000-000-0000 contains a letter 603-5S5-0000 this does not sort to the bottom.. Thanks for the help! |
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Jon Hebert, The formula works for me - see the attached workbook "Find cell containing a letter - Jon Hebert - SDG.xls". Have a great day, Stan +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Find cell containing a letter - Jon Hebert - SDG.xls | |Download: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/attachment.php?attachmentid=190| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- stanleydgromjr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ stanleydgromjr's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=503 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=119215 |
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Did you copy formula exaclty? When I copy your examples into A2 on my sheet,
it works. Perhaps Stan's workbook can shed some light? -- Best Regards, Luke M *Remember to click "yes" if this post helped you!* "Jon Hebert" wrote: I placed 000-00A-0000 in A2 and typed your formula in B2 I got "False" as a result. I then ran your formula on 000-000-0000 and I got Letter present.. What do you think? Thank you! "Luke M" wrote: If the format your dealing with is all like that: 000-000-0000 Perhaps this will do the trick: =IF(ISNUMBER(VALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"-",""))),"","Letter present") -- Best Regards, Luke M *Remember to click "yes" if this post helped you!* "Jon Hebert" wrote: I have a column of numbers that were scanned in and OCR often makes mistakes inserting a "S" instead of an "8" for example or an "O" instead of an "0". Any ideas on how I can find any cells that contain A-Z in a cell of numbers? I tried just sorting and picking up the mistakes at the bottom, however, that does not always work. If the list of telephone numbers 000-000-0000 contains a letter 603-5S5-0000 this does not sort to the bottom.. Thanks for the help! |
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Worked like a Charm!
Thank you for your time! Jon "stanleydgromjr" wrote: Jon Hebert, The formula works for me - see the attached workbook "Find cell containing a letter - Jon Hebert - SDG.xls". Have a great day, Stan +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Find cell containing a letter - Jon Hebert - SDG.xls | |Download: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/attachment.php?attachmentid=190| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- stanleydgromjr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ stanleydgromjr's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=503 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=119215 |
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Thank you for taking the time to check this. Luke M's sheet showed me my
mistake! I appreciate your time! Jon "stanleydgromjr" wrote: Jon Hebert, The formula works for me - see the attached workbook "Find cell containing a letter - Jon Hebert - SDG.xls". Have a great day, Stan +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Find cell containing a letter - Jon Hebert - SDG.xls | |Download: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/attachment.php?attachmentid=190| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- stanleydgromjr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ stanleydgromjr's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=503 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=119215 |
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