Numeric formatting problem

[Metolius Dad]

When a calculation goes out to 10 decimal places I can use the cell format to
limit it to 2 places. But when I add (cancatenate ?) text to that
calculation it goes out to 10 places again. How can I make this not happen.

example:
=1/3 shows 0.333333333333
=1/3 shows 0.33 when cell formatted to 2 decimals
=1/3&" ml/hr" shows 0.333333333333 ml/hr EVEN THOUGH THE CELL IS FORMATTED
to only 2 decimal places.

TIA for any help.
Sam

[JE McGimpsey]

Changing number format doesn't change what's stored in the cell, and
functions operate on stored values, not displayed values. Try using the
TEXT() function instead:

=TEXT(1/3,"0.00") & "ml/hr"

In article <[email protected]>,
Metolius Dad <[email protected]> wrote:

> When a calculation goes out to 10 decimal places I can use the cell format to
> limit it to 2 places. But when I add (cancatenate ?) text to that
> calculation it goes out to 10 places again. How can I make this not happen.
>
> example:
> =1/3 shows 0.333333333333
> =1/3 shows 0.33 when cell formatted to 2 decimals
> =1/3&" ml/hr" shows 0.333333333333 ml/hr EVEN THOUGH THE CELL IS FORMATTED
> to only 2 decimal places.

[Vasant Nanavati]

Numeric formatting applies only to numbers and not text.

Try:

=TEXT(1/3,"0.00")&" ml/hr"

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Vasant

"Metolius Dad" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> When a calculation goes out to 10 decimal places I can use the cell format
to
> limit it to 2 places. But when I add (cancatenate ?) text to that
> calculation it goes out to 10 places again. How can I make this not
happen.
>
> example:
> =1/3 shows 0.333333333333
> =1/3 shows 0.33 when cell formatted to 2 decimals
> =1/3&" ml/hr" shows 0.333333333333 ml/hr EVEN THOUGH THE CELL IS FORMATTED
> to only 2 decimal places.
>
> TIA for any help.
> Sam

[Ragdyer]

Then, there's always the "other" option of rounding:

=ROUND(1/3,2)&" ml/hr"
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HTH,

RD

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"Metolius Dad" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> When a calculation goes out to 10 decimal places I can use the cell format
to
> limit it to 2 places. But when I add (cancatenate ?) text to that
> calculation it goes out to 10 places again. How can I make this not
happen.
>
> example:
> =1/3 shows 0.333333333333
> =1/3 shows 0.33 when cell formatted to 2 decimals
> =1/3&" ml/hr" shows 0.333333333333 ml/hr EVEN THOUGH THE CELL IS FORMATTED
> to only 2 decimal places.
>
> TIA for any help.
> Sam