IF(LEN) Function

shanenicholson88

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Good morning all,

I have the following formula on one of my spreadsheets, written by an excel wizard. I am trying to figure out what exactly this is doing. I know what the functions do individually, but not like thiis.
Any help will be much appreciated, and thank you in advance to taking the time to read it.

Excel Formula:
=IF(LEN(M6)=3,LEFT(M6,1),LEFT(M6,2))*100
 

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If the length of cell M6 is equal to 3 then put the first character in M6 and multiply it by 100. If the length of M6 is something other than 3 then the first two characters of M6 and multiply by 100.

Example: M6 = 125 then the result would be 1 times 100 or 100
If M6 = 1250 then the result would be 12 times 100 or 1200
 
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If the length of cell M6 is equal to 3 then put the first character in M6 and multiply it by 100. If the length of M6 is something other than 3 then the first two characters of M6 and multiply by 100.

Example: M6 = 125 then the result would be 1 times 100 or 100
If M6 = 1250 then the result would be 12 times 100 or 1200


Thats very kind of you to get back to me so quickly, much appreicated.
OK, so in cell M6 I have a date

08-JUN-01 or 08/06/1901 and in the cell this formula is in, I get the result 500.

Any Idea?

Thanks again Alan..
 
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Book1
MN
608/06/1901500
708/06/1901800
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
N6N6=IF(LEN(M6)=3,LEFT(M6,1),LEFT(M6,2))*100
N7N7=IF(LEN(TEXT(M7,"dd/mm/yyyy"))=3,LEFT(TEXT(M7,"dd/mm/yyyy"),1),LEFT(TEXT(M7,"dd/mm/yyyy"),2))*100
;)
the result depends on what formula you use
 
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