Stripping and Conversion.

Thanks, Domenic !
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Max, I gotta tell you, I had given up!
I tried adding Domenic's adjusted formula
and all hell broke loose

I havn't tried yours yet, but it looks great,
I have 50,000 cells, which have already been
transposed with another platform, I'll
compare cells of the 50,000 and see if any abnormalities crop up.

Is there any chance you can precis your structure as
a written commentary, so I can get the gist of just
what is going on in the statement please?

At the moment, to me, it looks like Minestrone

Sincere thanks to all who contributed, and Max for
offering the finished product (I hope)





"Max" wrote in message ...
| .. and just in case g ...
| here's a sample file with the implemented formula:
| http://flypicture.com/p.cfm?id=51757
|
| (Right-click on the link: "Download File"
| at the top in the page, just above the ads)
|
| File: 1_Rodney_newusers_Stripping_ConvertingData.xls
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| Rgds
| Max
| xl 97
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| xdemechanik atyahoodotcom
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I tried adding Domenic's adjusted formula
and all hell broke loose

Perhaps try adding a "+0" to Domenic's formula for C1, viz. use in C1:

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("-",B1)),LEFT(B1,SEARCH("-",B1)-1)/RIGHT(B1,LEN(B1)-SEAR
CH("-",B1)),B1)+0

and copy down as before

The "+0" will coerce all text numbers to real numbers. And hopefully, this
might be enough to smoothen the downstream calcs, and get you on your way.
For the sample list in your post, with the coercion in place, think both
Domenic's and my suggestion will now return the same results.

... At the moment, to me, it looks like Minestrone
ROTFL ! .. In the interim, try the above tweak to Domenic's suggestion ..
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Max
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Is there any chance you can precis your structure as
a written commentary, so I can get the gist of just
what is going on in the statement please?
At the moment, to me, it looks like Minestrone

With the source data in A1 down,
Formulas in B1:F1 (copied down) are :
1. =SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"E",""),"F","")
2. =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("-",B1)),SEARCH("-",B1),0)
3. =IF(C1=0,B1,LEFT(B1,C1-1))
4. =MID(B1,C1+1,99)
5. =IF(C1=0,D1,D1/E1)+0

The progressive intents of the formulas are ... :
1. Substitute alphas (E,F) in source string with blanks: ""
2. Search for position of dash: "-". If there's no dash, return a zero "0"
3. Extract the number to the LEFT of the dash
4. Extract the number to the RIGHT of the dash (MID is used)
5. Do the division, i.e. [step3] over [step4], or if there's no dash, just
return the number. Coerce any resulting text number with a "+0"

Here's a revised sample file with the decomposed formulas in Sheet2:
http://flypicture.com/p.cfm?id=51785

(Right-click on the link: "Download File"
at the top in the page, just above the ads)

File: 2_Rodney_newusers_Stripping_ConvertingData.xls
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Max
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........and a very fine piece of cobbling Max.
I'll carry out my usual reverse engineering,
hash it around and see how it all works.
Thanks for bearing with us.

When I have a spare moment I'll work out
where your'e coming from.(GMT addy)


"Max" wrote in message ...
| Is there any chance you can precis your structure as
| a written commentary, so I can get the gist of just
| what is going on in the statement please?
| At the moment, to me, it looks like Minestrone
|
| With the source data in A1 down,
| Formulas in B1:F1 (copied down) are :
| 1. =SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"E",""),"F","")
| 2. =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("-",B1)),SEARCH("-",B1),0)
| 3. =IF(C1=0,B1,LEFT(B1,C1-1))
| 4. =MID(B1,C1+1,99)
| 5. =IF(C1=0,D1,D1/E1)+0
|
| The progressive intents of the formulas are ... :
| 1. Substitute alphas (E,F) in source string with blanks: ""
| 2. Search for position of dash: "-". If there's no dash, return a zero "0"
| 3. Extract the number to the LEFT of the dash
| 4. Extract the number to the RIGHT of the dash (MID is used)
| 5. Do the division, i.e. [step3] over [step4], or if there's no dash, just
| return the number. Coerce any resulting text number with a "+0"
|
| Here's a revised sample file with the decomposed formulas in Sheet2:
| http://flypicture.com/p.cfm?id=51785
|
| (Right-click on the link: "Download File"
| at the top in the page, just above the ads)
|
| File: 2_Rodney_newusers_Stripping_ConvertingData.xls
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| Rgds
| Max
| xl 97
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| GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E
| xdemechanik atyahoodotcom
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|

You're welcome !
Thanks for the feedback ..

Btw ... 1° 22' N 103° 45' E = "Singapore" g
How about you ?
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"Rodney" wrote in message
...

.......and a very fine piece of cobbling Max.
I'll carry out my usual reverse engineering,
hash it around and see how it all works.
Thanks for bearing with us.

When I have a spare moment I'll work out
where your'e coming from.(GMT addy)

"Rodney" wrote in message
...

example 5-2 should end up reading 2.5 as a decimal
13-8F should end up reading 1.63 as a decimal.

How come you didn't realise that Domenic :-)?

In article ,
"Max" wrote:

Perhaps try adding a "+0" to Domenic's formula for C1, viz. use in C1:

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("-",B1)),LEFT(B1,SEARCH("-",B1)-1)/RIGHT(B1,LEN(B1)-SEAR
CH("-",B1)),B1)+0

Max, just a tweak on your tweak...

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("-",B1)),LEFT(B1,SEARCH("-",B1)-1)/RIGHT(B1,LEN(B1)-S
EARCH("-",B1)),B1+0)

Since the result arising from the second argument of the IF function is
already a numerical value, only the result arising from the third
argument need be coerced.

Thanks for catching my oversight on both my original formula and this
one.

Good question, Bob! VBG

In article ,
"Bob Phillips" wrote:

"Rodney" wrote in message
...

example 5-2 should end up reading 2.5 as a decimal
13-8F should end up reading 1.63 as a decimal.

How come you didn't realise that Domenic :-)?

You're welcome, Domenic !
Thanks for the refinements ..
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