Number formating

[Guest]

I have a column of numbers, all 6 digit. Some of the numbers are six digit
with a dash in between the third and fourth digit

Ex.
123-456
122-451
122771
122458
233-564

....and so on

Is there a way to remove the dashes from these numbers that have dashes and
leave the other ones alone? What I want is this column to not have any
dashes.
is concentate the formula to use??

Thanks

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

I have a column of numbers, all 6 digit. Some of the numbers are six digit
with a dash in between the third and fourth digit

Ex.
123-456
122-451
122771
122458
233-564

...and so on

Is there a way to remove the dashes from these numbers that have dashes and
leave the other ones alone? What I want is this column to not have any
dashes.
is concentate the formula to use??

Thanks

=SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","")


--ron

 

[Guest]

Use find/replace:

1. Select the cells you want updated ( or the whole column)
2. Pull-down Edit > Find and enter the - in the findwhat field
3. Click on the Replace tab and enter nothing in the replacewith field
4. Click Replace All

 

[Vito]

Use this formula in adjacent column,

=SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-",""), where A1 contains the first value to check for
dashes.

 

[Guest]

Wow, what a fast response, thanks a whole bunch!