How to make excel to treat values in cell as a number?

set cell = Range("B9")
cell.NumberFormat = "General"
cell.Value = cell.Value

' or for extra assurance

cell.Value = cdbl(cell.Value)

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Peri" wrote in message news:op.szt6nxbky8ffpb@mcs...
How to make excel to treat values in cell as a number?

Changing the format of a cell from text to number, or from
number to text will not affect the actual formatting until
the cell value is reentered. F2 then Enter would cause
reentry. A macro such as TrimALL would cause reentry
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall
Be careful with cells containing dates.

Changing the format of a number that actually is a number
is effective immediately, as is changing the format of
a text string that is already treated as text is also immediate.

Since this is the programming group you can take care of
everything at once.
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
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"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message ...
set cell = Range("B9")
cell.NumberFormat = "General"
cell.Value = cell.Value

' or for extra assurance

cell.Value = cdbl(cell.Value)

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Peri" wrote in message news:op.szt6nxbky8ffpb@mcs...
How to make excel to treat values in cell as a number?