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  1. 09-20-2012, 09:28 PM #1
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    Delete trailing zeros.

    I have a .csv file I imported. The numbers are 2.26751E+29. When I change them to Number this is what I get- 23461226400000500000000000000.00 With this series of numbers the highest number of digits is 16. I want to get rid of all the zeros after the 16th digit and the decimal and 2 digits. I haven't found the right combination to make this happen. I tried custom number with 16 zeros yet didn't get what I'm looking for. Below is what I want to accomplish.

    2346122640000050

    Thanks, in advance, for your help.

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    Re: Delete trailing zeros.

    hi Vivian, welcome to the forum. assuming data is in A1, this should help:
    =LEFT(A1,16)+0

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    Re: Delete trailing zeros.

    If you highlight your data then paste special >> divide >> 10000000000000 then you will get the needed result.

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    Re: Delete trailing zeros.

    Are all the numbers exactly the lenght of 2.26751E+29 as imported from the csv file? If not, divide by 10000000000000 will not work. The formula =LEFT(A1,16)+0 also does not work.

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    Re: Delete trailing zeros.

    Winnon is correct if the length differs from +29. try this, it seems to work, assuming your data is in A1...

    =SUBSTITUTE(A1,RIGHT(A1,2),16)+0

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    Re: Delete trailing zeros.

    Thanks for the help. After using the suggestion of FDibbins formula =SUBSTITUTE(A1,RIGHT(A1,2),16)+0 and reading your explanation I see that all my numbers can stop at 15 digits. Had to enlarge the font size to be able to accurately count them all.
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    Re: Delete trailing zeros.

    @ FDibbins,

    Now that is more like it, but.

    Actually the formula should be =SUBSTITUTE(A1,RIGHT(A1,2),15)+0 with the Cell/s containing the formula formatted to Number as you have stated, with the decimal set to "0". That will return what kasher is asking for, i.e.:
    Below is what I want to accomplish.

    2346122640000050
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    Re: Delete trailing zeros.

    Yeah, I caught that too and changed the formula to have 15 instead of 16. I appreciate your follow-up. Thanks.
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  9. 09-21-2012, 10:43 AM #9
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    Re: Delete trailing zeros.

    thx for the catch guys. with so many 0's its hard to keep track lol
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