Gambling Decimals to Fractions - Surely simple in Excel? Anyone able to help?

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Hi,

I am a Newbie so please let me know if I break any rules! I have spent an hour looking at how to convert decimals into horse racing fraction . On my Excel 2013 I can use the function button but they are mathematical fractions.

Ideally I need the maths that sits behind this:

Betting Zone | Odds Converter, Fraction Converter, Decimal Converter

I found this formula that does it the other way:

=(VALUE(LEFT(A1,SEARCH("/",A1)-1))/VALUE(MID(A1,SEARCH("/",A1)+1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("/",A1))))

However the results were wrong so I added a 1 in to give:

=1+(VALUE(LEFT(A1,SEARCH("/",A1)-1))/VALUE(MID(A1,SEARCH("/",A1)+1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("/",A1))))

This now works for me.

Any help would be great. Seems to be the holy grail of questions. I have looked all over!

I am not great with VBA - can load it, but in practical terms I need to be able to type in cell F3 (for example) 3.25 and it to tell convert into next cell that it is equal to 9/4

THANK YOU!!!!!
 

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Hi

Try :-
Code: 
="'"&(F3-1)/(IF(MOD(F3,1)=0,1,MOD(F3,1)))&"/"&1/(IF(MOD(F3,1)=0,1,MOD(F3,1)))


hth
 
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ukmikeb said:
Hi

Try :-
Code: 
="'"&(F3-1)/(IF(MOD(F3,1)=0,1,MOD(F3,1)))&"/"&1/(IF(MOD(F3,1)=0,1,MOD(F3,1)))


hth
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Hi Mike - initially it seemed to work perfectly but on 3.4 - the formula gives '6/2.5

Any ideas?

Also is there are way to get rid of the apostrophe?

Really kind of you to reply!!

T H A N K - Y O U
 
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Code: 
Also is there are way to get rid of the apostrophe?

change the ' by a space in the provided formula.

It is made, since otherwise excel think it is a formula and will count 6/2.5 => 6 divide 2.5
 
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Does it need to be comparable to any specific standard?

The reason I ask this is that the calculator in the web link appears to use some kind of rounding, this method works.

=((F3-1)/(F3-(F3-1)))

With the results formatted as fraction, but if you format to 1 digit then some results are not as accurate as the web calculator, but if you format to 2 digits then they are more accurate. :confused:
 
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jasonb75 said:
Does it need to be comparable to any specific standard?

The reason I ask this is that the calculator in the web link appears to use some kind of rounding, this method works.

=((F3-1)/(F3-(F3-1)))

With the results formatted as fraction, but if you format to 1 digit then some results are not as accurate as the web calculator, but if you format to 2 digits then they are more accurate. :confused:
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Hi jasonb75 - my coding friend has just been abusing the code used on the website. In terms of a standard it is to allow a very quick visual cross check where odds are displayed in a x/y type format. Adding extra places can seem confusing! I will try your method now. THANK YOU!
 
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FormR said:
Another option maybe:

=TEXT(F3-1,"??/??")
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I was sure that I tried that and got inaccurate results, before I started adding extra brackets and subtractions. Seems to work now though, think I need more caffeine!
 
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