How do I format cells to accept stones and pounds?

[Guest]

I am trying to set up a chart showing weight comparisons in stones and pounds.

How do I format cells to accept values e.g. 14st 6lb etc? (I don't just want
to put in the total pounds value of e.g. 202 instead of 14st 6lb)

 

[Guest]

In A1 enter:
202

In B1 enter:
=A1*0.0714285781774163


In C1 enter:
=INT(B1)


In D1 enter:
=INT((B1-INT(B1))/0.0714285781774163)


In E1 enter:
=C1 & " st " & D1 & " lb"


and you will see:
202 14.42857279 14 6 14 st 6 lb

You can hide the intermediate columns if you like.

 

[David Biddulph]

In A1 enter:
202

In B1 enter:
=A1*0.0714285781774163


In C1 enter:
=INT(B1)


In D1 enter:
=INT((B1-INT(B1))/0.0714285781774163)


In E1 enter:
=C1 & " st " & D1 & " lb"


and you will see:
202 14.42857279 14 6 14 st 6 lb

You can hide the intermediate columns if you like.

I think the OP wanted it the other way round, & wanted the input to be "14
st 6 lb".

In that case the output in pounds from that input would be something like
=14*(LEFT(A1,FIND("st",A1)-1))+(MID(A1,FIND("st",A1)+2,(FIND("lb",A1)-FIND("st",A1)-2)))but you may need to play around a bit depending on spaces in the inputstring.Again you might decide to produce intermediate columns (hidden if you want)such as=LEFT(A1,FIND("st",A1)-1) for the stones, and=MID(A1,FIND("st",A1)+2,(FIND("lb",A1)-FIND("st",A1)-2)) for the pounds, &then combine them.--David Biddulph

 

[Bernard Liengme]

Alternatively format the cells with custom format # ??/14
Now you can enter, for example, 12 5/14 for 12 stone 5 lbs (I remember that
was my weight when I was 21!)
The advantage being you can do arithmetic on these values.
best wishes