number format

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    Detect the number of decimal places in a userform text box?

    I have created a userform and it has several textboxes where the user inputs numbers (these will be financial data prices). In one text box the user enters the Price of the asset. This price can vary in format: it may be £2.27, $123.56 or £64.5902. I want the userform to work out how many...
  2. B

    Cell apparently not recognized as number; can't perform calculations - #VALUE! output

    Hello all: I have simple statistical data on an excel spreadsheet and when I try to perform calculations it, I get a #VALUE! output. The cells to which my formula refers are formatted as numbers, so I do not know what may be happening. It seems as if the data is not recognized as numbers. I...
  3. A

    Convert text to numbers in cell where text is extracted from another cel

    I am using this formula in B2 to extract the number "100" from A2 containing this text string: "viewport: 100x30". =IFERROR(MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,FIND("x",A2)-FIND(" ",A2)-1)) All good so far. However, I want the formula result to be formatted as a number. I am unable to change the cell...
  4. K

    VBA to merge all worksheets, need to carryover number format too

    Hello all... I've been using the below code to merge worksheets and it has been very useful but now i would like to modify it to carry over the number formatting. The reason i need it to do that now is that my data has a general field with a large number sequence. it's an ID# not a numeric...
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    Change International number format

    Hello By the way this is not just about changing the $ sign. I have to a download monthly accounts spreadsheet from a sister company in Denmark. Numbers are shown as: 99.999.99 with the comma and the period switched. The Danish accounting software will only download in this format. I receive it...
  6. P

    VBA to change room numbers from Scientific Notation to text

    Need help, when we run a report from our work database, and export it to Excel, the room numbers get screwed up because of scientific notation. the Room numbers format are 5 characters in length, characters 1, 3, 4, 5 are numbers, and the 2nd character is a letter. the problem is for all rooms...
  7. R

    Decimal comma

    Hi, I have a sheet full of numbers, but I need to change their format to my native (that is Czech) where we use a decimal comma instead of a decimal point. Otherwise, my Excel won't add up or substract the data. If I perfom the following code manually, it works. Selection.NumberFormat =...
  8. H

    Converting a custom format number into a plain number

    Hi, I am working on a report and I have a column which calculates the outage details of different sites in the [m] or minute format (I hope I am right?). Now whenever I do operations on any entry of this column I see values in points. e.g if the number in [m] format was 50 and I multiply it...
  9. T

    Number format in charts automatically changed to custom (Bug?)

    Hey, I got the following problem in Excel 2010 (Win7): My data is formatted as Number with two decimal places. Now when I create a chart out of this data, a strange thing happens. The number format on the axis (and labels) is always automatically changed to Custom (0.0). So, for example, the...
  10. B

    Microsoft Excel VBA Add-Inn for Convert Number to Word and Convert Number format to Indian Style (INR)

    Dear Friends, I'm sharing an Excel Add-Inn file developed by me for convert Number to Words, and convert the Number format to Indian Style(INR) Download the Add-In file from below link, installed and use the following formula Formula for Number to Text =BKNTXT( ) Formula for Number format to...
  11. M

    Run-time error 5 when creating a pivot table

    Hello, I am having problems with my VBA code. First, I can't get the selected cells to convert to number format (font in red). Second, I get run-time error 5 Invalid procedure call or argument when trying to create a pivot table (font in green). Any and all help is greatly appreciated! Sub...
  12. M

    Number being converted into a date by Excel

    Hello, I have a product number 11-3560 that, when exported into a .csv file from a website, gets automatically converted into a date. When I change the format back to Number, it changes the value to 606609.00 (the numerical date equivalent of the incorrectly used date). Does anyone know how...
  13. A

    Display commas in general number format

    Is it possible to display commas in the general number format? Here's what I'm trying to do. I have a worksheet in which a user will need to enter numerical values. If they enter 100 I would like it to display 100 if they enter 0.1234 I would like it to display 0.1234 if they enter 1234567 I...
  14. S

    Pivot on lookup formula results

    Greetings to all! I am trying to run a pivot table with a column having results of vlookup formula. The vlookup formula on the base spreadsheet is : =LOOKUP(2^15,SEARCH({"Overdue","Red","PastY","Yellow","Green","Complete","No_BL"},$J2),{"01","02","03","04","05","06","07"}) 1st objective is...
  15. P

    How can I make it so that a cell is formatted to the point where whatever number I type in stays the exact way that I typed it

    Pretty much I just need to be able to have zeroes in front of numbers without converting the number to text. And also note that the numbers that I am going to be pasting in that cell need to be able to be any size and still be able to keep the zeroes in front of them. popcornrulez
  16. P

    How can I Count to see if the amount of Characters in a cell is odd and if it is, add a 0 to the front of the cell

    So lets say that the cell A1 has the number 900 in it. What I want to do is put a formula in B1 that checks to see if A1's character count is odd and if it is odd, then add a 0 in front of the original number from A1. Here's an example. COLUMN A COLUMN B ROW 1 900...
  17. P

    Fail to copy number into cell

    Hi, From my VBA code I import some data from several wotkbooks into one destination sheet. All columns except 2 contain text, the other 2 contain integers and doubles. To import I simply use copy -> paste special values but some of the cells that should have double values gets translated as...
  18. B

    Number format

    Hi, When I enter a number like this; 3450982 and I try to break it out into millions and thousands, it is showing up like this 3450,982 instead of 3,450,982. I have tried using the custom number feature and it is still not showing up the way I want it to. Any suggestions?? Thanks.
  19. A

    European Number Format Conversion

    Excel 2010 Using Windows Operating System Hi, I'm an America trying to convert the values I have in 1 spreadsheet to a European number format. The American format seperates thousands with "," and decimals with ".". The European system is the opposite seperating thousand figures with a "."...
  20. J

    How can I create a custom number format with all of these criteria?

    Hi, I am unable to figure out how to create a customer number format for my spreadsheet that will meet the following criteria: 1) Millions display as thousands. E.g., $5,000,000 would display as 5,000 2) Number has a dollar sign sometimes (I only want a $ in front of my subtotal numbers -...

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