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How can I convert a group of numbers to a group of letters?
My store uses a retail price "code" wherein a price like 99 in expressed as a
code like "PP"--exchanging the number digits 1-0 as letters. Is there a function to do this automatically? |
How can I convert a group of numbers to a group of letters?
A VLOOKUP table would probably do the trick.
See Excel help on VLOOKUP or go to Debra Dalgleish's site for "real" help. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlFunctions02.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:42:02 -0700, CarlG wrote: My store uses a retail price "code" wherein a price like 99 in expressed as a code like "PP"--exchanging the number digits 1-0 as letters. Is there a function to do this automatically? |
How can I convert a group of numbers to a group of letters?
How would that work on a digit-by-digit basis, to convert, for example, "256"
to something like "CFI"? (Assuming that A B C D E F G F I and J stood for 0-9) "Gord Dibben" wrote: A VLOOKUP table would probably do the trick. See Excel help on VLOOKUP or go to Debra Dalgleish's site for "real" help. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlFunctions02.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:42:02 -0700, CarlG wrote: My store uses a retail price "code" wherein a price like 99 in expressed as a code like "PP"--exchanging the number digits 1-0 as letters. Is there a function to do this automatically? |
How can I convert a group of numbers to a group of letters?
That would be tough to do using a formula, at least for me. For the given
example, this would work (note it is CFG not CFI) =CHAR(LEFT(D15,1)+65)&CHAR(MID(D15,2,1)+65)&CHAR(R IGHT(D15,1)+65) However, since your originaly example was 2 characters and, presumably the number of characters could vary, this would quickly fail. A short UDF could work (note, there is no error checking) Function CharDigit(Cell As String) As String Dim l As Integer, i As Integer Dim sTemp As String sTemp = "" l = Len(Cell) For i = 1 To l sTemp = sTemp & Chr(Mid(Cell, i, 1) + 65) Next i CharDigit = sTemp End Function here is some sample output: 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJ 3210 DCBA 256 CFG -- Kevin Vaughn "CarlG" wrote: How would that work on a digit-by-digit basis, to convert, for example, "256" to something like "CFI"? (Assuming that A B C D E F G F I and J stood for 0-9) "Gord Dibben" wrote: A VLOOKUP table would probably do the trick. See Excel help on VLOOKUP or go to Debra Dalgleish's site for "real" help. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlFunctions02.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:42:02 -0700, CarlG wrote: My store uses a retail price "code" wherein a price like 99 in expressed as a code like "PP"--exchanging the number digits 1-0 as letters. Is there a function to do this automatically? |
How can I convert a group of numbers to a group of letters?
Looks PERFECT! The "UDF", that is. Now, how do I use it. If my "numbers" are
column A and I want the converted "text" in column B, how do I apply the formula? Thanks! "Kevin Vaughn" wrote: That would be tough to do using a formula, at least for me. For the given example, this would work (note it is CFG not CFI) =CHAR(LEFT(D15,1)+65)&CHAR(MID(D15,2,1)+65)&CHAR(R IGHT(D15,1)+65) However, since your originaly example was 2 characters and, presumably the number of characters could vary, this would quickly fail. A short UDF could work (note, there is no error checking) Function CharDigit(Cell As String) As String Dim l As Integer, i As Integer Dim sTemp As String sTemp = "" l = Len(Cell) For i = 1 To l sTemp = sTemp & Chr(Mid(Cell, i, 1) + 65) Next i CharDigit = sTemp End Function here is some sample output: 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJ 3210 DCBA 256 CFG -- Kevin Vaughn "CarlG" wrote: How would that work on a digit-by-digit basis, to convert, for example, "256" to something like "CFI"? (Assuming that A B C D E F G F I and J stood for 0-9) "Gord Dibben" wrote: A VLOOKUP table would probably do the trick. See Excel help on VLOOKUP or go to Debra Dalgleish's site for "real" help. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlFunctions02.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:42:02 -0700, CarlG wrote: My store uses a retail price "code" wherein a price like 99 in expressed as a code like "PP"--exchanging the number digits 1-0 as letters. Is there a function to do this automatically? |
How can I convert a group of numbers to a group of letters?
Carl
Have you copied the UDF to a General module in your workbook? If so, just enter in B1 =CharDigit(A1) and double-click on B1 fill handle to copy down column A Just a note he if you have a space in the string, the UDF will error. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:39:01 -0700, CarlG wrote: Looks PERFECT! The "UDF", that is. Now, how do I use it. If my "numbers" are column A and I want the converted "text" in column B, how do I apply the formula? Thanks! "Kevin Vaughn" wrote: That would be tough to do using a formula, at least for me. For the given example, this would work (note it is CFG not CFI) =CHAR(LEFT(D15,1)+65)&CHAR(MID(D15,2,1)+65)&CHAR(R IGHT(D15,1)+65) However, since your originaly example was 2 characters and, presumably the number of characters could vary, this would quickly fail. A short UDF could work (note, there is no error checking) Function CharDigit(Cell As String) As String Dim l As Integer, i As Integer Dim sTemp As String sTemp = "" l = Len(Cell) For i = 1 To l sTemp = sTemp & Chr(Mid(Cell, i, 1) + 65) Next i CharDigit = sTemp End Function here is some sample output: 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJ 3210 DCBA 256 CFG -- Kevin Vaughn "CarlG" wrote: How would that work on a digit-by-digit basis, to convert, for example, "256" to something like "CFI"? (Assuming that A B C D E F G F I and J stood for 0-9) "Gord Dibben" wrote: A VLOOKUP table would probably do the trick. See Excel help on VLOOKUP or go to Debra Dalgleish's site for "real" help. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlFunctions02.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:42:02 -0700, CarlG wrote: My store uses a retail price "code" wherein a price like 99 in expressed as a code like "PP"--exchanging the number digits 1-0 as letters. Is there a function to do this automatically? |
How can I convert a group of numbers to a group of letters?
Ah, so THAT's how you do it.
It's absolute magic. Except that I left out most important part: In our case the "real" code is not as simple as 0-1 = A-J. In reality, 0-X, 1=I, 2=L, 3=E, 4=H, 5=S, 6=G, 7=T, 8=B, and 9=P. I guess that's a whole 'nother thing, huh? You've gone way beyond the call of duty already, so if this is a biggy, I'd be grateful even if you just pointed me in the right direction as to how to figure this out. Extreme thanks, Carl Greene "Gord Dibben" wrote: Carl Have you copied the UDF to a General module in your workbook? If so, just enter in B1 =CharDigit(A1) and double-click on B1 fill handle to copy down column A Just a note he if you have a space in the string, the UDF will error. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:39:01 -0700, CarlG wrote: Looks PERFECT! The "UDF", that is. Now, how do I use it. If my "numbers" are column A and I want the converted "text" in column B, how do I apply the formula? Thanks! "Kevin Vaughn" wrote: That would be tough to do using a formula, at least for me. For the given example, this would work (note it is CFG not CFI) =CHAR(LEFT(D15,1)+65)&CHAR(MID(D15,2,1)+65)&CHAR(R IGHT(D15,1)+65) However, since your originaly example was 2 characters and, presumably the number of characters could vary, this would quickly fail. A short UDF could work (note, there is no error checking) Function CharDigit(Cell As String) As String Dim l As Integer, i As Integer Dim sTemp As String sTemp = "" l = Len(Cell) For i = 1 To l sTemp = sTemp & Chr(Mid(Cell, i, 1) + 65) Next i CharDigit = sTemp End Function here is some sample output: 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJ 3210 DCBA 256 CFG -- Kevin Vaughn "CarlG" wrote: How would that work on a digit-by-digit basis, to convert, for example, "256" to something like "CFI"? (Assuming that A B C D E F G F I and J stood for 0-9) "Gord Dibben" wrote: A VLOOKUP table would probably do the trick. See Excel help on VLOOKUP or go to Debra Dalgleish's site for "real" help. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlFunctions02.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:42:02 -0700, CarlG wrote: My store uses a retail price "code" wherein a price like 99 in expressed as a code like "PP"--exchanging the number digits 1-0 as letters. Is there a function to do this automatically? |
How can I convert a group of numbers to a group of letters?
Here is a start to your query. I'm sure you can figure out the missing pieces. Sorry it took so long. I lost this thread (doing a search on my name on the microsoft site did not show it.) Function CharDigit(Cell As String) As String Dim l As Integer, i As Integer Dim sTemp As String, sChar As String sTemp = "" l = Len(Cell) For i = 1 To l ' sTemp = sTemp & Chr(Mid(Cell, i, 1) + 65) ' 0-X, 1=I, 2=L, ' 3=E, 4=H, 5=S, 6=G, 7=T, 8=B, and 9=P. sChar = Mid(Cell, i, 1) Select Case sChar Case "0" sTemp = sTemp & "X" Case "1" sTemp = sTemp & "I" Case "2" sTemp = sTemp & "L" Case "3" sTemp = sTemp & "E" Case "9" sTemp = sTemp & "P" Case Else sTemp = sTemp & "! " & sChar & " is not in list!" End Select Next i CharDigit = sTemp End Function CarlG Wrote: Ah, so THAT's how you do it. It's absolute magic. Except that I left out most important part: In our case the "real" code is not as simple as 0-1 = A-J. In reality, 0-X, 1=I, 2=L, 3=E, 4=H, 5=S, 6=G, 7=T, 8=B, and 9=P. I guess that's a whole 'nother thing, huh? You've gone way beyond the call of duty already, so if this is a biggy, I'd be grateful even if you just pointed me in the right direction as to how to figure this out. Extreme thanks, Carl Greene "Gord Dibben" wrote: Carl Have you copied the UDF to a General module in your workbook? If so, just enter in B1 =CharDigit(A1) and double-click on B1 fill handle to copy down column A Just a note he if you have a space in the string, the UDF will error. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:39:01 -0700, CarlG wrote: Looks PERFECT! The "UDF", that is. Now, how do I use it. If my "numbers" are column A and I want the converted "text" in column B, how do I apply the formula? Thanks! "Kevin Vaughn" wrote: That would be tough to do using a formula, at least for me. For the given example, this would work (note it is CFG not CFI) =CHAR(LEFT(D15,1)+65)&CHAR(MID(D15,2,1)+65)&CHAR(R IGHT(D15,1)+65) However, since your originaly example was 2 characters and, presumably the number of characters could vary, this would quickly fail. A short UDF could work (note, there is no error checking) Function CharDigit(Cell As String) As String Dim l As Integer, i As Integer Dim sTemp As String sTemp = "" l = Len(Cell) For i = 1 To l sTemp = sTemp & Chr(Mid(Cell, i, 1) + 65) Next i CharDigit = sTemp End Function here is some sample output: 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJ 3210 DCBA 256 CFG -- Kevin Vaughn "CarlG" wrote: How would that work on a digit-by-digit basis, to convert, for example, "256" to something like "CFI"? (Assuming that A B C D E F G F I and J stood for 0-9) "Gord Dibben" wrote: A VLOOKUP table would probably do the trick. See Excel help on VLOOKUP or go to Debra Dalgleish's site for "real" help. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlFunctions02.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:42:02 -0700, CarlG wrote: My store uses a retail price "code" wherein a price like 99 in expressed as a code like "PP"--exchanging the number digits 1-0 as letters. Is there a function to do this automatically? -- Kevin Vaughn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Vaughn's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34857 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=570169 |
How can I convert a group of numbers to a group of letters?
Thanks ever so much. You've solved my problem perfectly and elegantly; I
REALLY appreciate your taking the time. Carl Greene "Kevin Vaughn" wrote: Here is a start to your query. I'm sure you can figure out the missing pieces. Sorry it took so long. I lost this thread (doing a search on my name on the microsoft site did not show it.) Function CharDigit(Cell As String) As String Dim l As Integer, i As Integer Dim sTemp As String, sChar As String sTemp = "" l = Len(Cell) For i = 1 To l ' sTemp = sTemp & Chr(Mid(Cell, i, 1) + 65) ' 0-X, 1=I, 2=L, ' 3=E, 4=H, 5=S, 6=G, 7=T, 8=B, and 9=P. sChar = Mid(Cell, i, 1) Select Case sChar Case "0" sTemp = sTemp & "X" Case "1" sTemp = sTemp & "I" Case "2" sTemp = sTemp & "L" Case "3" sTemp = sTemp & "E" Case "9" sTemp = sTemp & "P" Case Else sTemp = sTemp & "! " & sChar & " is not in list!" End Select Next i CharDigit = sTemp End Function CarlG Wrote: Ah, so THAT's how you do it. It's absolute magic. Except that I left out most important part: In our case the "real" code is not as simple as 0-1 = A-J. In reality, 0-X, 1=I, 2=L, 3=E, 4=H, 5=S, 6=G, 7=T, 8=B, and 9=P. I guess that's a whole 'nother thing, huh? You've gone way beyond the call of duty already, so if this is a biggy, I'd be grateful even if you just pointed me in the right direction as to how to figure this out. Extreme thanks, Carl Greene "Gord Dibben" wrote: Carl Have you copied the UDF to a General module in your workbook? If so, just enter in B1 =CharDigit(A1) and double-click on B1 fill handle to copy down column A Just a note he if you have a space in the string, the UDF will error. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:39:01 -0700, CarlG wrote: Looks PERFECT! The "UDF", that is. Now, how do I use it. If my "numbers" are column A and I want the converted "text" in column B, how do I apply the formula? Thanks! "Kevin Vaughn" wrote: That would be tough to do using a formula, at least for me. For the given example, this would work (note it is CFG not CFI) =CHAR(LEFT(D15,1)+65)&CHAR(MID(D15,2,1)+65)&CHAR(R IGHT(D15,1)+65) However, since your originaly example was 2 characters and, presumably the number of characters could vary, this would quickly fail. A short UDF could work (note, there is no error checking) Function CharDigit(Cell As String) As String Dim l As Integer, i As Integer Dim sTemp As String sTemp = "" l = Len(Cell) For i = 1 To l sTemp = sTemp & Chr(Mid(Cell, i, 1) + 65) Next i CharDigit = sTemp End Function here is some sample output: 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJ 3210 DCBA 256 CFG -- Kevin Vaughn "CarlG" wrote: How would that work on a digit-by-digit basis, to convert, for example, "256" to something like "CFI"? (Assuming that A B C D E F G F I and J stood for 0-9) "Gord Dibben" wrote: A VLOOKUP table would probably do the trick. See Excel help on VLOOKUP or go to Debra Dalgleish's site for "real" help. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlFunctions02.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:42:02 -0700, CarlG wrote: My store uses a retail price "code" wherein a price like 99 in expressed as a code like "PP"--exchanging the number digits 1-0 as letters. Is there a function to do this automatically? -- Kevin Vaughn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Vaughn's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34857 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=570169 |
How can I convert a group of numbers to a group of letters?
You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback.
-- Kevin Vaughn "CarlG" wrote: Thanks ever so much. You've solved my problem perfectly and elegantly; I REALLY appreciate your taking the time. Carl Greene "Kevin Vaughn" wrote: Here is a start to your query. I'm sure you can figure out the missing pieces. Sorry it took so long. I lost this thread (doing a search on my name on the microsoft site did not show it.) Function CharDigit(Cell As String) As String Dim l As Integer, i As Integer Dim sTemp As String, sChar As String sTemp = "" l = Len(Cell) For i = 1 To l ' sTemp = sTemp & Chr(Mid(Cell, i, 1) + 65) ' 0-X, 1=I, 2=L, ' 3=E, 4=H, 5=S, 6=G, 7=T, 8=B, and 9=P. sChar = Mid(Cell, i, 1) Select Case sChar Case "0" sTemp = sTemp & "X" Case "1" sTemp = sTemp & "I" Case "2" sTemp = sTemp & "L" Case "3" sTemp = sTemp & "E" Case "9" sTemp = sTemp & "P" Case Else sTemp = sTemp & "! " & sChar & " is not in list!" End Select Next i CharDigit = sTemp End Function CarlG Wrote: Ah, so THAT's how you do it. It's absolute magic. Except that I left out most important part: In our case the "real" code is not as simple as 0-1 = A-J. In reality, 0-X, 1=I, 2=L, 3=E, 4=H, 5=S, 6=G, 7=T, 8=B, and 9=P. I guess that's a whole 'nother thing, huh? You've gone way beyond the call of duty already, so if this is a biggy, I'd be grateful even if you just pointed me in the right direction as to how to figure this out. Extreme thanks, Carl Greene "Gord Dibben" wrote: Carl Have you copied the UDF to a General module in your workbook? If so, just enter in B1 =CharDigit(A1) and double-click on B1 fill handle to copy down column A Just a note he if you have a space in the string, the UDF will error. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:39:01 -0700, CarlG wrote: Looks PERFECT! The "UDF", that is. Now, how do I use it. If my "numbers" are column A and I want the converted "text" in column B, how do I apply the formula? Thanks! "Kevin Vaughn" wrote: That would be tough to do using a formula, at least for me. For the given example, this would work (note it is CFG not CFI) =CHAR(LEFT(D15,1)+65)&CHAR(MID(D15,2,1)+65)&CHAR(R IGHT(D15,1)+65) However, since your originaly example was 2 characters and, presumably the number of characters could vary, this would quickly fail. A short UDF could work (note, there is no error checking) Function CharDigit(Cell As String) As String Dim l As Integer, i As Integer Dim sTemp As String sTemp = "" l = Len(Cell) For i = 1 To l sTemp = sTemp & Chr(Mid(Cell, i, 1) + 65) Next i CharDigit = sTemp End Function here is some sample output: 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJ 3210 DCBA 256 CFG -- Kevin Vaughn "CarlG" wrote: How would that work on a digit-by-digit basis, to convert, for example, "256" to something like "CFI"? (Assuming that A B C D E F G F I and J stood for 0-9) "Gord Dibben" wrote: A VLOOKUP table would probably do the trick. See Excel help on VLOOKUP or go to Debra Dalgleish's site for "real" help. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlFunctions02.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:42:02 -0700, CarlG wrote: My store uses a retail price "code" wherein a price like 99 in expressed as a code like "PP"--exchanging the number digits 1-0 as letters. Is there a function to do this automatically? -- Kevin Vaughn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Vaughn's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34857 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=570169 |
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