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Text to Number
Hi all,
I need help converting data from text to number in order to export into Access. The current format is as follows: 1234-0000012345-6 and need to have it as 12340000123456 I looked into other postings but could not find a solution...then again I might have missed it... Thanks for the help. |
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Text to Number
=VALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","")) will delete the hyphens and convert what's left
to a number. You'll still need to change the format. And beware, you're nearing the limits of Excel's numeric precision. "FJinSA" wrote: Hi all, I need help converting data from text to number in order to export into Access. The current format is as follows: 1234-0000012345-6 and need to have it as 12340000123456 I looked into other postings but could not find a solution...then again I might have missed it... Thanks for the help. |
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Have you tried EditReplace
What: - With: nothing Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:35:02 -0700, FJinSA wrote: Hi all, I need help converting data from text to number in order to export into Access. The current format is as follows: 1234-0000012345-6 and need to have it as 12340000123456 I looked into other postings but could not find a solution...then again I might have missed it... Thanks for the help. |
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