how to remove the unwanted zero in a cell in Text properties

Here are the values in A1 and A2

Cell A1 (format: Number): 259.0
Cell A2 (format: Text): 259.0
Cell A3 (format: Text): 259.0000

But when I enter some codes into cells A3, A4 and A5, I notice that there are some difference after I have typed in some codes:

in cell A4 (format: General),

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, and I see the value = 259, the .0 disappears

in cell A5 (format: General),

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, and I see the value = 259.0, the .0 does not disappear

in cell A6 (format: General),

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, and I see the value = 259.0000, the .0 does not disappear

Is it possible to use Trim() or other functions to remove the unwanted zeros in in cells A5 and A6 when the zeros in the Text fields are not fixed (e.g. 259.00, 259.00000)?


Please help me!

Kitty

Originally Posted by xlnitwit

Hi

Trim removes spaces not zeroes. You could use =A2+0 instead

I don't understand what you said, xlnitwit.
Could you tell me where I should type in =A2+0 ?

Originally Posted by xlnitwit

In A5 for example.

Thank you for your help, xlnitwit.
I have typed in =A2+0 in cell A5, and then I see all the zeros are gone,
your suggested solution works like a charm.
I am thinking why the question can be solved by just adding plus zero in the code.
Could you tell me the secret behind this please, xlnitwit?

Originally Posted by xlnitwit

It coerces the text to a true number value, which will not show unnecessary decimal places by default.

Thank you so much for your help, xlnitwit!

I want to search on Google for some more examples about +0.
Could you tell me the name of this technique ( = A2+0) please?

I searched on Google with this keywords but it returned nothing examples I wanted to learn:

examples+EXCEL VBA + plus zero