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Having a cell with '<' sign included within a function?

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    Michelle
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    Having a cell with '<' sign included within a function?

    If there is a '<' sign in a cell, can the cell be included in a function?


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    Bernard Liengme
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    Re: Having a cell with '<' sign included within a function?

    Not when the function expects a numeric value.
    You could use MID(A30,2,LEN(A30)-1) in place of just A3 which has <5.
    For example SQRT(MID(A30,2,LEN(A30)-1))
    or 2*MID(A30,2,LEN(A30)-1) which is not a function but a formula.
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    Harlan Grove
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    Re: Having a cell with '<' sign included within a function?

    Bernard Liengme wrote...
    >Not when the function expects a numeric value.
    >You could use MID(A30,2,LEN(A30)-1) in place of just A3 which has <5.
    >For example SQRT(MID(A30,2,LEN(A30)-1))
    >or 2*MID(A30,2,LEN(A30)-1) which is not a function but a formula.
    >best wishes


    If you want short, MID(x,2,1024) would give the same result. If you
    want simple, SUBSTITUTE(x,"<","") would give the same result. On the
    other hand, if all the '<' is supposed to achieve is a visual display,
    and the remainder of the cell's contents would be numeric, there's also
    the possibility of using a custom number format like "\<General". Then
    such cells could be used directly in other formulas while also
    displaying as desired.


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