Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.programming
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 25
Default Delete characters

I want to be able to remove dashes from a coulmn in
excel..for example in coulmn B i have 3992393-8484-33..and
want to just show numbers no dashes..Thanks
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.programming
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 3,885
Default Delete characters

Hi
try
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","")

and if you want this value as number use:
=--SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","")


-----Original Message-----
I want to be able to remove dashes from a coulmn in
excel..for example in coulmn B i have 3992393-8484-

33..and
want to just show numbers no dashes..Thanks
.

Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
delete characters at the end Stan Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 5 July 9th 09 08:26 PM
delete non numberic characters David T Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 6 September 7th 06 04:13 AM
Delete first two characters in a cell... ChuckF Excel Worksheet Functions 6 September 5th 06 08:46 PM
Delete first few cell characters mohd21uk via OfficeKB.com Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 4 June 7th 06 12:32 PM
Delete characters from a string Ron[_18_] Excel Programming 7 February 19th 04 04:24 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:39 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"