I need to see feet and inches on the screen, how can i do it

for example, 7.8333333 i need to see it like 7'10"
how can i do it?

=ROUNDDOWN(A1/12,0)&" feet "&A1-12*ROUNDDOWN(A1/12,0)&" inches"
you can replace the words with ' and "

HTH

"Sharky" wrote:

> I need to see feet and inches on the screen, how can i do it
>
> for example, 7.8333333 i need to see it like 7'10"
> how can i do it?

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:20:28 -0800, Sharky
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I need to see feet and inches on the screen, how can i do it
>
>for example, 7.8333333 i need to see it like 7'10"
>how can i do it?

With 7.8333333 in A1
Put
=LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1)-1)&"'"&ROUND(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(".",A1)+1)*12,0)&""""
in B1

HTH
Richard Buttrey
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or
=INT(C10)&"'"&ROUND(-(INT(C10)-C10)*12,0)&""""

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
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"Sharky" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news6236ECA-5EAC-4899-969D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I need to see feet and inches on the screen, how can i do it
>
> for example, 7.8333333 i need to see it like 7'10"
> how can i do it?

Or format the cell with custom format # ??/12
best wishes
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Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
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"Sharky" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news6236ECA-5EAC-4899-969D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I need to see feet and inches on the screen, how can i do it
>
> for example, 7.8333333 i need to see it like 7'10"
> how can i do it?