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    formula to convert cell numbers in inches and feet: 1'2" to decimals

    Can someone please tell me that formula? Thanks!

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    Re: formula to convert cell numbers in inches and feet: 1'2" to decimals

    can you give an example of decimal
    1' 2"
    2" is 2/12 or 1/6 or 0.16666667

    so do you 1.16667

    so the decimal is a fraction of feet

    how are you inputting the value of feet and inches into a cell
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    Re: formula to convert cell numbers in inches and feet: 1'2" to decimals

    =CONVERT(1,"in","m")

    or
    =SUM(CONVERT(1,"in","m"),CONVERT(1,"ft","m"))
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    Re: formula to convert cell numbers in inches and feet: 1'2" to decimals

    Here's a Function:

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    Re: formula to convert cell numbers in inches and feet: 1'2" to decimals

    Assuming you want 1'2" in the form of a decimal number of feet, as shown by etaf:

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    Re: formula to convert cell numbers in inches and feet: 1'2" to decimals

    Jazzer-your formula only modifies once cell ...or can modify a column span of cells that outputs to the adjacent column? Thanks!

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    Re: formula to convert cell numbers in inches and feet: 1'2" to decimals

    It returns a result based on one cell. You can copy it down an entire column for as many cells as you want.

    Your question suggests that you may not understand how Excel formulas work. A formula doesn't modify a cell--the original cell is left untouched. A formula returns a value. So if your data is in column A, you can copy my formula to column B and see the conversion results there.

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