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I am trying to analyze some data, but I cannot for the life of me get excel to see these numbers as a number. I attached one column of the problem columns, but I have maybe 7-8 that are formatting like this.NVH Text.xlsx
I am trying to analyze some data, but I cannot for the life of me get excel to see these numbers as a number. I attached one column of the problem columns, but I have maybe 7-8 that are formatting like this.NVH Text.xlsx
Your numbers have a hidden character (CHAR(63) / ?) at the start. Put the below formula in B2 and copy down.
Formula:
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BSB
That worked perfectly. Thank you. I can't believe I didn't check that, as I found that the part number also had a hidden character. That one was visible when I exported to csv, so I must have just thought this one also would have shown. Thanks again.
Glad I could help
BSB
another option if you have this in multiple columns is to copy the character then use find and replace, find what >> paste character, replace with what >> leave blank, then replace all.
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