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gvblack
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 Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:11 pm Post subject: Converting Values |
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I get input from another source that contains several numbers in one cell. I would like to seperate these numbers out so I can work with them.
For example, a cell might be:
Gold 2,835,581
I want just the 2,835,581 returned as a number.
Or, 0 1,500 0 4,000
I'd want to be able to get each of those 4 values returned as a number.
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carl
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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Try playing around with LEFT MID RIGHT and FIND
Gold 2,835,581
B1 =LEFT(A1;(FIND(" ";A1))) returns everything before the first space :Gold
C1 =MID(A1;5;6) returns digits 5 to 11 :2,835
D1 =RIGHT(A1;3) returns last three digits :581
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David
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:01 am Post subject: Re: Converting Values |
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| gvblack wrote: | I get input from another source that contains several numbers in one cell. I would like to seperate these numbers out so I can work with them.
For example, a cell might be:
Gold 2,835,581
I want just the 2,835,581 returned as a number.
Or, 0 1,500 0 4,000
I'd want to be able to get each of those 4 values returned as a number.
TIA |
Try this on a small simulation file with the same format as you describe:
1. Assuming the file as a text file, using a program like Metapad, find and replace all spaces by semi-colons ...be sure you don't have a space after the last entry in each line.
2. There is a program called CSVEd I've mentioned before to do wonderful things with CSV files. There, set the delimiter to a semi colon, then load the file. It will [should] appear with items in separate columns. Change the delimiter to a comma, then resave as a CSV file, which should then load into Calc as you want it to.
I had some success with this with a small sample:
0 1,500 0 4,000
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
became ....
0;1,500;0;4,000
1;2;3;4
5;6;7;8
and I saved that with a .csv extension
I used the semi-colon because you had a comma in your numbers. Calc seemed to handle that OK, but formatting was lost. However, the values were separated into individual columns.
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