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Default convert feet & inches to decimals

example: I need to insert 3'-2" into one cell and the result shown in another
cell would be the equivalent in decimals of feet
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Default convert feet & inches to decimals

=LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-2)+SUBSTITUTE(MID(A1,FIND("-",A1)+1,5),"""","")/12


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example: I need to insert 3'-2" into one cell and the result shown in another
cell would be the equivalent in decimals of feet
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