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I have a lot of data that is in the format 123-4567. I need to convert this
to be 1234567. Does someone know how to do this with a formula?
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I have a lot of data that is in the format 123-4567. I need to convert
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Hi Mark,

=substitute(a1,"-","")

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Do you want a formula?

You could get rid of the "-" using editreplace


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On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:35:02 -0700, Mark wrote:

I have a lot of data that is in the format 123-4567. I need to convert this
to be 1234567. Does someone know how to do this with a formula?


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