Converting Text to Numbers

SashaGorgov

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  1. 365
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Hello!

I have a bunch of data that is listed vertically as text in the following format: '£3.4M' or '£287K' and sometimes '£6.9M (£7.4M)' with the brackets denoting a revised sum.

I couldn't think of a way to convert this to numbers so I can perform numerical analysis, just wondering if anyone has any ideas?
 

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MrExcelPlayground9-1.xlsx
AB
1$3.4M$ 3,400,000
2$287K$ 287,000
3$6.9M ($7.4M)$ 7,400,000
4550 (650)$ 650
Sheet16
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1:B4B1=LET(z,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("(",A1)),x,IF(z,RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("(",A1)),A1),a,CODE(MID(x,SEQUENCE(LEN(x)),1)),b,FILTER(a,(a>45)*(a<58)*(a<>47)),c,VALUE(CONCAT(CHAR(b))),d,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("M",x)),e,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("K",x)),f,IF(d,c*1000000,IF(e,c*1000,c)),f)
 
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T202206a.xlsm
ABCDE
1K1,000
2£3.4M3,400,000m1,000,000
3£287K287,000
4
3a
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:B3B2=LEFT(MID(A2,2,99),LEN(A2)-2)*LOOKUP(RIGHT(A2,1),$D$1:$E$2)
 
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MrExcelPlayground9-1.xlsx
AB
1$3.4M$ 3,400,000
2$287K$ 287,000
3$6.9M ($7.4M)$ 7,400,000
4550 (650)$ 650
Sheet16
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1:B4B1=LET(z,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("(",A1)),x,IF(z,RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("(",A1)),A1),a,CODE(MID(x,SEQUENCE(LEN(x)),1)),b,FILTER(a,(a>45)*(a<58)*(a<>47)),c,VALUE(CONCAT(CHAR(b))),d,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("M",x)),e,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("K",x)),f,IF(d,c*1000000,IF(e,c*1000,c)),f)
Wow, this is amazing. Thank you so much!
 
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