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How to convert 6'-3 3/8" to usable numbers
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:58:02 -0700, MarvInBoise
wrote: I have a large spredsheet of data that comes in like 6'-3 3/8" that I need to split out so I have the 6 (feet) in one column and the fractional inches (3 3/8) converted in the next column to 3.375, etc. Below is some sample data: 4'-1 3/8" to 4 | 1.375 9'-2 1/2" to 9 | 2.500 7'-3 1/8" to 7 | 3.125 Any help is greatly appreciated as these are weekly data conversion needs. Thanks! Feet: =--LEFT(A1,FIND("'",A1)-1) Inches: =--MID(A1,FIND("-",A1)+1,FIND("""",A1)-FIND("-",A1)-1) --ron |
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