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Default Numbers that are really not numbers?

Spent about 30 minutes today fixing a column of numbers that I needed to act
like numbers, not text.

479862673



479862673

The first number above has a character in front of it that prevents it from
being treated like a number. If I were to multiply it by one I get the
#VALUE! error. I deleted the first character and then it acts like a number.

I finaly figured out that a RIGHT(text,9) will solve my problem.

Is there a simpler solution?

Thanks in advance,
Craig



 
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