Excel Values Require Enter within Cell to recognize as number
I have a worksheet where I am getting direct output from STATA that has a weird character format that included " =[ number ]". I put in a new column to strip the characters and leave the numbers. However, the new cell is not recognized as a number, even thought the formatting is turned on to currency. I have to manually click in the cell and then hit enter to get it to recognize as a number.
A B C
="[-7.734 =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3) -7.734
But When I go to plot values in Col C, it is not working.
A) Why is this happening?
B) Is there a fix for all cells?
microsoft-excel microsoft-excel-2010 worksheet-function
asked Sep 26 '14 at 14:59
jebediahjebediah
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I have a worksheet where I am getting direct output from STATA that has a weird character format that included " =[ number ]". I put in a new column to strip the characters and leave the numbers. However, the new cell is not recognized as a number, even thought the formatting is turned on to currency. I have to manually click in the cell and then hit enter to get it to recognize as a number.
A B C
="[-7.734 =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3) -7.734
But When I go to plot values in Col C, it is not working.
A) Why is this happening?
B) Is there a fix for all cells?
microsoft-excel microsoft-excel-2010 worksheet-function
asked Sep 26 '14 at 14:59
jebediahjebediah
1084
add a comment |
I have a worksheet where I am getting direct output from STATA that has a weird character format that included " =[ number ]". I put in a new column to strip the characters and leave the numbers. However, the new cell is not recognized as a number, even thought the formatting is turned on to currency. I have to manually click in the cell and then hit enter to get it to recognize as a number.
A B C
="[-7.734 =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3) -7.734
But When I go to plot values in Col C, it is not working.
A) Why is this happening?
B) Is there a fix for all cells?
microsoft-excel microsoft-excel-2010 worksheet-function
asked Sep 26 '14 at 14:59
jebediahjebediah
1084
I have a worksheet where I am getting direct output from STATA that has a weird character format that included " =[ number ]". I put in a new column to strip the characters and leave the numbers. However, the new cell is not recognized as a number, even thought the formatting is turned on to currency. I have to manually click in the cell and then hit enter to get it to recognize as a number.
A B C
="[-7.734 =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3) -7.734
But When I go to plot values in Col C, it is not working.
A) Why is this happening?
B) Is there a fix for all cells?
microsoft-excel microsoft-excel-2010 worksheet-function
microsoft-excel microsoft-excel-2010 worksheet-function
asked Sep 26 '14 at 14:59
jebediahjebediah
1084
asked Sep 26 '14 at 14:59
jebediahjebediah
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asked Sep 26 '14 at 14:59
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asked Sep 26 '14 at 14:59
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asked Sep 26 '14 at 14:59
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You could try wrapping your text-trimming formula in VALUE(...) to convert the string result to a number.
For example:
=VALUE(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3))
answered Sep 26 '14 at 15:07
ExcellllExcellll
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Ah--so simple, but so perfect. Thanks!
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You could try wrapping your text-trimming formula in VALUE(...) to convert the string result to a number.
For example:
=VALUE(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3))
answered Sep 26 '14 at 15:07
ExcellllExcellll
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Ah--so simple, but so perfect. Thanks!
– jebediah
Sep 26 '14 at 15:16
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You could try wrapping your text-trimming formula in VALUE(...) to convert the string result to a number.
For example:
=VALUE(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3))
answered Sep 26 '14 at 15:07
ExcellllExcellll
11.1k74162
Ah--so simple, but so perfect. Thanks!
– jebediah
Sep 26 '14 at 15:16
add a comment |
You could try wrapping your text-trimming formula in VALUE(...) to convert the string result to a number.
For example:
=VALUE(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3))
answered Sep 26 '14 at 15:07
ExcellllExcellll
11.1k74162
You could try wrapping your text-trimming formula in VALUE(...) to convert the string result to a number.
For example:
=VALUE(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3))
answered Sep 26 '14 at 15:07
ExcellllExcellll
11.1k74162
answered Sep 26 '14 at 15:07
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answered Sep 26 '14 at 15:07
ExcellllExcellll
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answered Sep 26 '14 at 15:07
ExcellllExcellll
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Ah--so simple, but so perfect. Thanks!
– jebediah
Sep 26 '14 at 15:16
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Ah--so simple, but so perfect. Thanks!
– jebediah
Sep 26 '14 at 15:16
Ah--so simple, but so perfect. Thanks!
– jebediah
Sep 26 '14 at 15:16
Ah--so simple, but so perfect. Thanks!
– jebediah
Sep 26 '14 at 15:16
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