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Can Excel work with imperial units ? (Standard, not using VBA)
If yes how can I enter 1'-5 3/4" in a cell? (not using decimal feet)
Can I set a cell to display a numeric value in Decimal/Engineering/Architectural ? (imperial working units)
Thanks
Can Excel work with imperial units ? (Standard, not using VBA)
If yes how can I enter 1'-5 3/4" in a cell? (not using decimal feet)
Can I set a cell to display a numeric value in Decimal/Engineering/Architectural ? (imperial working units)
Thanks
Assuming you always use the same format
=LEFT(D3,FIND("'",D3)-1)*12+VALUE(LEFT((RIGHT(D3,LEN(D3)-FIND("-",D3))),LEN(RIGHT(D3,LEN(D3)-FIND("-",D3)))-1))
will convert 1'-5 3/4" int 17.75
=QUOTIENT(F3,12)&"'-"&TEXT(F3-(QUOTIENT(F3,12)*12),"# 0/0") & CHAR(34)
will do the reverse
note it uses ' to figure out where the feet are and - to figure out where the inches start and assumes it ends in " so make sure they are included or you will get an error
Excel can display in various formats
Regards
Darren
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Hi,
don't know if this is of help, but if for some reason you decide to enter a fraction in a cell without quote or double quote (or some other non numeric character) XL will think it's a date.
To avoid this enter 0 then a space, then your fraction
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