Trying to create multple rows with each showing
[14.3 hrs @ $185/hr] (each row different hours and $rate)

It's necessary for us to have the brackets showing, but a cell with [14.3 in
it is not recognized as a number - same thing applies to the $185/hr

Appreciate any assist

Here's a couple formulas to extract the hours and dollars from your data.

=VALUE(MID(A16,2,FIND(" ",A16)-2))

=VALUE(MID(A16,FIND("$",A16)+1,FIND("/",A16)-FIND("$",A16)-1))

Is that something you can work with?

HTH,
Elkar


"MAJ0116" wrote:

Trying to create multple rows with each showing
[14.3 hrs @ $185/hr] (each row different hours and $rate)

It's necessary for us to have the brackets showing, but a cell with [14.3 in
it is not recognized as a number - same thing applies to the $185/hr

Appreciate any assist

With 14.3 in A1 and 185 in B1 enter in C1

=TEXT("["&A1&" hrs @ "&B1,"$##.00")&" /hr]"


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 14:01:00 -0800, MAJ0116
wrote:

Trying to create multple rows with each showing
[14.3 hrs @ $185/hr] (each row different hours and $rate)

It's necessary for us to have the brackets showing, but a cell with [14.3 in
it is not recognized as a number - same thing applies to the $185/hr

Appreciate any assist

Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote...
With 14.3 in A1 and 185 in B1 enter in C1

=TEXT("["&A1&" hrs @ "&B1,"$##.00")&" /hr]"
....

This returns

[14.3 hrs @ 185 /hr]

but so would

="["&A1&" hrs @ "&B1&" /hr]"

and closer to the OP's specs,

="["&A1&" hrs @ "&B1&"/hr]"

Why bother with the TEXT call?

"Harlan Grove" wrote...
....
and closer to the OP's specs,

="["&A1&" hrs @ "&B1&"/hr]"
....

Make that

="["&A1&" hrs @ $"&B1&"/hr]"