Changing digits in a cell

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Hemming

I have telephone numbers listed in a column and need to change the area
code and the 3 digit exchange. example: 5555555555 to (444)444-5555.
please help
 
Hi Hemming,

If your data is located in cell A1, this formula :
="("&LEFT(A1,3)&")"&MID(A1,4,3)&"-"&RIGHT(A1,4)

should do the job ...
HTH
Cheers
Carim
 
Hi Carim, thanks for the help, it almost worked..... this works great if
I only have one cel to change however I have an entire Column how do I
change it to change more than one cell ( each cell has a different last
4 digits )
 
Hemming said:
can anyone help me with this ,,,,it is driving crazy !! thanks
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If you have to change them all to the same area code and exchange, I'd use
this formula in another column:

if cell A1 is: 5555555555
put this in cell A2: =value("444444" & right(a1,4))

Then you get a number in A2, which you can format as a Phone Number (using
Format/Cells/Number/Special/Phone Number).

HTH,

Don
 
Hemming said:
can this be used in a macro ?????
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It could be, but, for changing the values in a single column, it's simplest
and quickest just to write a formula (using relative cell addressing),
format it properly, and copy it down all the rows.

HTH,

Don
 
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