Remove space in front of number in a cell?
I have a column of values I wish to sum. However, the data was imported from
a database and is entered as text - e.g $,100,000 I have removed the $ (=RIGHT) sign and the , (=SUBSTITUTE) but have now found that there is a space in front of the number. Is there a simple way to remove the space? I have used REPLACE but this does not work. I have used =RIGHT but this removes the next number not the space. Any suggestions? |
Remove space in front of number in a cell?
Hi,
Try this =TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"$,",""))*1 Mike "Barcelona" wrote: I have a column of values I wish to sum. However, the data was imported from a database and is entered as text - e.g $,100,000 I have removed the $ (=RIGHT) sign and the , (=SUBSTITUTE) but have now found that there is a space in front of the number. Is there a simple way to remove the space? I have used REPLACE but this does not work. I have used =RIGHT but this removes the next number not the space. Any suggestions? |
Remove space in front of number in a cell?
=VALUE(TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),",","")))
returns the pure number. Regards, Stefi €˛Barcelona€¯ ezt Ć*rta: I have a column of values I wish to sum. However, the data was imported from a database and is entered as text - e.g $,100,000 I have removed the $ (=RIGHT) sign and the , (=SUBSTITUTE) but have now found that there is a space in front of the number. Is there a simple way to remove the space? I have used REPLACE but this does not work. I have used =RIGHT but this removes the next number not the space. Any suggestions? |
Remove space in front of number in a cell?
Hi,
I have not reied this but enter 1 in any cell. Then copy it and select the range. Now go to Edit paste Special Multiply. -- Regards, Ashsih Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP www.ashishmathur.com "Barcelona" wrote in message ... I have a column of values I wish to sum. However, the data was imported from a database and is entered as text - e.g $,100,000 I have removed the $ (=RIGHT) sign and the , (=SUBSTITUTE) but have now found that there is a space in front of the number. Is there a simple way to remove the space? I have used REPLACE but this does not work. I have used =RIGHT but this removes the next number not the space. Any suggestions? |
Remove space in front of number in a cell?
THANKS Stefi - don't understand the formula logic, but it worked!
"Stefi" wrote: =VALUE(TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),",",""))) returns the pure number. Regards, Stefi €˛Barcelona€¯ ezt Ć*rta: I have a column of values I wish to sum. However, the data was imported from a database and is entered as text - e.g $,100,000 I have removed the $ (=RIGHT) sign and the , (=SUBSTITUTE) but have now found that there is a space in front of the number. Is there a simple way to remove the space? I have used REPLACE but this does not work. I have used =RIGHT but this removes the next number not the space. Any suggestions? |
Remove space in front of number in a cell?
Mike - Thanks for suggestion. Unfortunately returns a VALUE error.
Stefi's suggestion does though work, so OK for now. "Mike H" wrote: Hi, Try this =TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"$,",""))*1 Mike "Barcelona" wrote: I have a column of values I wish to sum. However, the data was imported from a database and is entered as text - e.g $,100,000 I have removed the $ (=RIGHT) sign and the , (=SUBSTITUTE) but have now found that there is a space in front of the number. Is there a simple way to remove the space? I have used REPLACE but this does not work. I have used =RIGHT but this removes the next number not the space. Any suggestions? |
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