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Removing Decimals and Calculating Prime Number Fields
I'm using the following formula to remove decimals from my fields (ex.
1000.02.09.03): =LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1)-1) I need to include in it the fields that don't have decimals (ex. 1000) to be calculated as is instead of receiving the error message #VALUE! |
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Removing Decimals and Calculating Prime Number Fields
=LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1,1)-1) doesn't work...anything else?
"Data Analyst" wrote: I'm using the following formula to remove decimals from my fields (ex. 1000.02.09.03): =LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1)-1) I need to include in it the fields that don't have decimals (ex. 1000) to be calculated as is instead of receiving the error message #VALUE! |
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Removing Decimals and Calculating Prime Number Fields
see your other post
-- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Data Analyst" wrote in message ... =LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1,1)-1) doesn't work...anything else? "Data Analyst" wrote: I'm using the following formula to remove decimals from my fields (ex. 1000.02.09.03): =LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1)-1) I need to include in it the fields that don't have decimals (ex. 1000) to be calculated as is instead of receiving the error message #VALUE! |
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Removing Decimals and Calculating Prime Number Fields
To remove the decimals (as requested), use Substitute. For example, to
change it to the number 1000020903, use: =--substitute(a1,".","") Regards, Fred "Data Analyst" wrote in message ... I'm using the following formula to remove decimals from my fields (ex. 1000.02.09.03): =LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1)-1) I need to include in it the fields that don't have decimals (ex. 1000) to be calculated as is instead of receiving the error message #VALUE! |
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Removing Decimals and Calculating Prime Number Fields
Found it! It's =LEFT(A1,6)
6 is the number of characters that will be used from Left to Right "Data Analyst" wrote: =LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1,1)-1) doesn't work...anything else? "Data Analyst" wrote: I'm using the following formula to remove decimals from my fields (ex. 1000.02.09.03): =LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1)-1) I need to include in it the fields that don't have decimals (ex. 1000) to be calculated as is instead of receiving the error message #VALUE! |
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Removing Decimals and Calculating Prime Number Fields
Why not =left(a1,4)? That will give you the same value.
Also, Left returns text. If you want to use it as a number in calculations, use: =--left(a1,4) I still think you are better off checking for the decimal point, as shown in previous posts. Regards, Fred "Data Analyst" wrote in message ... Found it! It's =LEFT(A1,6) 6 is the number of characters that will be used from Left to Right "Data Analyst" wrote: =LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1,1)-1) doesn't work...anything else? "Data Analyst" wrote: I'm using the following formula to remove decimals from my fields (ex. 1000.02.09.03): =LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1)-1) I need to include in it the fields that don't have decimals (ex. 1000) to be calculated as is instead of receiving the error message #VALUE! |
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