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    Converting a range of numbers stored as text to number format w/o looping

    I have numbers in E2:E3265 that have been downloaded from a database, but they were downloaded in text format. I want to convert all of these to number format. I know you can do this by multiplying by 1. I know how to do this for a single cell, but can this be done for a range of cells w/o using a loop?

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    Range("E2:E326").Value = Range("E2:E326").Value * 1

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    Re: Converting a range of numbers stored as text to number format w/o looping

    You might be able to use the paste special methods.
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    Re: Converting a range of numbers stored as text to number format w/o looping

    i.e. http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-q...el-2010-a.html

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    Re: Converting a range of numbers stored as text to number format w/o looping

    Assuming that the value of 1 is in B1.

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    Re: Converting a range of numbers stored as text to number format w/o looping

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    Wow. It worked. I can't believe it was that easy.

    It looks like all you have to do is restate the value?

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    Re: Converting a range of numbers stored as text to number format w/o looping

    Same method for converting formulas to static values. Sometimes life is easy.

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    Re: Converting a range of numbers stored as text to number format w/o looping

    If the cells are formatted as text, you could also use:

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    Re: Converting a range of numbers stored as text to number format w/o looping

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