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Default Converting string to number

hi,

I have a set of data that is to be cut and pasted from an external
source.
A typical cell reads '32813.58 sq mm', without the speech marks.
The cell could be formatted before the pasting; but how do I strip off
the units to leave the number only? The number could be any size.

thanks
 
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