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    Infamous (') In Front Of Numbers & NEED To Remove

    I am having one heck of a time with apostrophe’s in front of my numbers in Excel 2016 in Office 365. I’ve looked on the web, watched YouTube videos, and I cannot find a single solution that WORKS. Most of the solutions seem to be for older versions of Excel.

    I really need to resolve this matter because I need to import this data to a database and it will not be clean until I strip the (‘) off.

    Been here already on this forum… not real clear as to what they mean. I tried it, but it didn’t work.
    https://www.excelforum.com/excel-gen...beginning.html

    Thanks,

    Brian

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    Re: Infamous (') In Front Of Numbers & NEED To Remove

    Why not use the value function
    =VALUE(A1)
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    Re: Infamous (') In Front Of Numbers & NEED To Remove

    Brian, welcome to the forum

    Try Find/Replace

    Find '
    replace (nothing)
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    Re: Infamous (') In Front Of Numbers & NEED To Remove

    Alternatively, put the number 1 in any cell and cut (so we don't leave anything behind) it to the clipboard. Then select the offending range and use:
    Paste Special>Paste:Values>Operation:Multiply>OK.
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    Brian, welcome to the forum

    Try Find/Replace

    Find '
    replace (nothing)
    GENIUS! And it worked! I never thought of that... and apparently neither did a lot of people who have offered many other solutions. lol

    Thanks everyone for your input! You are ALL awesome!!!

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    Re: Infamous (') In Front Of Numbers & NEED To Remove

    Happy to help and thanks for the kind words

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