extra characters in list

joe_m · Apr 29th, 2002, 01:17 PM

Hello,
one of our users ( using excel 2000 )is creating a contact list, she is getting extra figures in the id field, eg..100, 101, 1102, 103,1104 you get the picture. I've never seen this, can't find anything on the mskb yet..thanks, joe

Asala42 · Apr 29th, 2002, 01:32 PM

Hiya Joe,

I'm a little fuzzy on how those ID's are being inputted. Do you get these extra characters from an import file of some sort? Formula? If you can tell us how that ID field is being generated we might be able to Sherlock a preventive approach to solving the problem.

If you're looking for a way to clean the data "after the fact" I suppose you could use a formula similar to this:

=Right(A2,3) (to get the last 3 characters). I'm guessing somewhat based on your example of: that 1102 is meant to be 102.

You may have to tweak the formula with an if-statement when you get ID's that are supposed to be >1000 or if you get more than an occasional extra "1" in the front of your data.

Hope that helps a bit -more or less
Adam

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Apr 29th, 2002, 01:17 PM	#1
joe_m New Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 1	Hello, one of our users ( using excel 2000 )is creating a contact list, she is getting extra figures in the id field, eg..100, 101, 1102, 103,1104 you get the picture. I've never seen this, can't find anything on the mskb yet..thanks, joe

Apr 29th, 2002, 01:32 PM	#2
Asala42 Board Regular Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Southfield,MI USA Posts: 1,027	Hiya Joe, I'm a little fuzzy on how those ID's are being inputted. Do you get these extra characters from an import file of some sort? Formula? If you can tell us how that ID field is being generated we might be able to Sherlock a preventive approach to solving the problem. If you're looking for a way to clean the data "after the fact" I suppose you could use a formula similar to this: =Right(A2,3) (to get the last 3 characters). I'm guessing somewhat based on your example of: that 1102 is meant to be 102. You may have to tweak the formula with an if-statement when you get ID's that are supposed to be >1000 or if you get more than an occasional extra "1" in the front of your data. Hope that helps a bit -more or less Adam