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if i copy and paste data from an AS400 program (KBM or JD Edwards) how to i
change 2000- to be -2000 or (2000) in excel

get rid of trailing minues and change them to brackets or to show negative
before the number?
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In a helper column, put this and copy down........

=IF(RIGHT(A1,1)="-",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","")*-1,A1)

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if i copy and paste data from an AS400 program (KBM or JD Edwards) how to i
change 2000- to be -2000 or (2000) in excel

get rid of trailing minues and change them to brackets or to show negative
before the number?

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If you have excel 2002 onward you can just select the range, do datatext to
columns and click finish

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