Hi all

How could I change 1m 1.40s it's formatted as General, to read as time 61.40

Thanks

Dave

You need to add a new column with a formula to do the conversion. If
you data is in cell A1 use this formula in cell B1

=(60*LEFT(A1,FIND("m",A1)-1))+MID(A1,FIND("
",A1)+1,(FIND("s",A1)-FIND(" ",A1))-1)


The formula extracts the 1 minutes and multiplies by 60 then extracts
the 1.40 and adds it to the value 60.

The formula works by loking for the character m and extracts the
characters to the left of the "m". then the formula extracts the
characters between the 1st blank character and the "s" character.


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Hi Joel

Thanks for your reply

I get #VALUE! in cell B1 its not working.

I was also hoping it would work with other times like,

1m 0.32s
1m 2.15s
1m 5.52s
59.01s
58.77s
Etc.

Thanks InAdvance

Dave






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You need to add a new column with a formula to do the conversion. If
you data is in cell A1 use this formula in cell B1

=(60*LEFT(A1,FIND("m",A1)-1))+MID(A1,FIND("
",A1)+1,(FIND("s",A1)-FIND(" ",A1))-1)


The formula extracts the 1 minutes and multiplies by 60 then extracts
the 1.40 and adds it to the value 60.

The formula works by loking for the character m and extracts the
characters to the left of the "m". then the formula extracts the
characters between the 1st blank character and the "s" character.


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I'm not sure why you are getting an error. Maybe there is a blank
characters at the beginning or end of the string or your data isn't in
cell a1.


I modified the function to handle the case where there are no minutes

=IF(ISERR(FIND("m",A1)),LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),(60*LEFT(A1,FIND("m",A1)-1))+MID(A1,FIND("
",A1)+1,(FIND("s",A1)-FIND(" ",A1))-1))


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Hi Joel

My apologies i've been away for three days, just got back.

That works fine.

Thanks for your posts.

All the best.

Dave



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I'm not sure why you are getting an error. Maybe there is a blank
characters at the beginning or end of the string or your data isn't in
cell a1.


I modified the function to handle the case where there are no minutes

=IF(ISERR(FIND("m",A1)),LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),(60*LEFT(A1,FIND("m",A1)-1))+MID(A1,FIND("
",A1)+1,(FIND("s",A1)-FIND(" ",A1))-1))


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