Convert currency to general

[Adam]

Hi,

I was wondering is there any way to convert currency to a general format (or
text).
I need to export information from my AP application to my bank. However,
the query comes out of the AP application as a currency field, and the bank
wants it as text.

1e.
$1,480.67 needs to have the $ , and . stripped out (while retaining the
decimal places) so the bank receives it as 148067

Any help is appreciated.

 

[Sean Timmons]

In a helper column:

=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"$",""),".","")

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

How about

=TEXT(A1,"@")


in a help column, then copy and paste special over the old values, delete
the help column when everything has been copied over as values and send to
the bank.

Btw, always a good idea to make a backup copy of the raw data before doing
anything like this.

--


Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

 

[Gord Dibben]

Format to general to remove the currency sign.

Second part I don't understand........remove the , and . but retain the
decimal places.

If you delete the . there are no decimal places.

Try this...........................

Enter 100 in an empty cell.

Copy that cell.

Select the range to change and Paste Special>Multiply>OK>Esc.

Returns 148067


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Adam]

Hey, thanks for the help, that did convert it to the format i needed,
however, I need to exprt this now to a fixed length file, and I seem to lose
the function when i do this.
I'll muck around with it for a bit.

Thanks again!

 

[Jacob Skaria]

--Select the cells and format to text..
--that should take away the $ sign
--find/replace the others

--Find what: .
--Replace with (leave blank)
--Hit replace all

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[Adam]

When I do this, it tells me it cannot find "."

--Select the cells and format to text..
--that should take away the $ sign
--find/replace the others

--Find what: .
--Replace with (leave blank)
--Hit replace all

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[Adam]

Actually, I got it to find the decimal, however, when it replaces it, it
leaves the space where the decimal was.

ie.

125.98
becomes

125 98

 

[Jacob Skaria]

You would have replaced that with a blank space. Leave the replace with field
with nothing in that and Hit replace All


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[Adam]

The bank wants the amount in a fixed length field.

so:
1 = 1Cent
11 = 11 cents
111 = one dollar eleven cents
1111 = eleven dollars eleven cents

So, if I start with a whole alunt like $250.00
and I strip off the decimals leaving 250
The bank will now interpret that as two dollars and fifty cents,

 

[Adam]

I can't use a help column, because I need to export this as a flat (text
only), fixed length file.

 

[Adam]

Weird, I had this working the other night, now when I convert it to text, it
is dropping the decimals.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Then I guess you will have use the multiply by 100 trick before formatting
to no decimals.


Gord