I have a huge list in a column.
2500 mm.
12500 mm.
1325 mm.
145500 mm.
...
..
.
the " mm." at the end make every cell contents to be text.
i need to convert cells in numbers, deleting the " mm." part and i need to make it by a formula, not by hand.
is it possible by formula to obtain numbers?
2500
12500
1325
145500
...
..
.
?
Based on your small example set:
=--LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)
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Yes
Many ways, transform with power query
split column with text to columns under data
=left(a1,len(a1)-3)*1
=SUBSTITUTE(a1," mm","",1)*1
the *1 turns them into numbers, otherwise they are the numbers as text with out the mm
One way:
=-LOOKUP(1,-LEFT(B3,ROW($1:$100)))
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