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I am trying to lookup an exact text cell and convert it to a numeric value eg

If cell x3 = A15C then the answer will be 15
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=IF(X3="A15C",15,"")

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I am trying to lookup an exact text cell and convert it to a numeric value eg

If cell x3 = A15C then the answer will be 15

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Microsoft has an excellent article on doing this woth and Array Formula

Extracting numbers from alphanumeric strings
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ex...549011033.aspx

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