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recognizing words as numbers...for a formula
I want excel to recognize "light" as a value of 60 but show the text not the
value. Then I want to use this cell in a formula. Any idea how to do that? |
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recognizing words as numbers...for a formula
Hi,
You could take two approaches 1. Display Light but actually have a value of 60 in the cell 2. Test the content for "light" and then use 60 The first involves a custom format, but if you have lots of items you want to do this with it might not meet your needs. The second would use a formula to find the value you associate with light, for example if there are a lot of these items with different values you could use VLOOKUP, if only one, light, then =IF(A1="light",60,"") and incorporate that into a formula -- If this helps, please click the Yes button. Cheers, Shane Devenshire "CONFUSED" wrote: I want excel to recognize "light" as a value of 60 but show the text not the value. Then I want to use this cell in a formula. Any idea how to do that? |
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Hi,
If you just want to display 60 as Light, then you can di tit through Format Cells Number Category Custom Type "Light". Please note that the cell will still continue to hold 60. -- Regards, Ashish Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP www.ashishmathur.com "CONFUSED" wrote in message ... I want excel to recognize "light" as a value of 60 but show the text not the value. Then I want to use this cell in a formula. Any idea how to do that? |
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