Remove space in front of number in a cell?

[Barcelona]

I have a column of values I wish to sum. However, the data was imported from
a database and is entered as text - e.g $,100,000

I have removed the $ (=RIGHT) sign and the , (=SUBSTITUTE) but have now
found that there is a space in front of the number.

Is there a simple way to remove the space? I have used REPLACE but this does
not work. I have used =RIGHT but this removes the next number not the space.

Any suggestions?

 

[Mike H]

Hi,

Try this

=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"$,",""))*1

Mike

 

[Stefi]

=VALUE(TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),",","")))
returns the pure number.

Regards,
Stefi

„Barcelona†ezt írta:

 

[Ashish Mathur]

Hi,

I have not reied this but enter 1 in any cell. Then copy it and select the
range. Now go to Edit > paste Special > Multiply.

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Regards,

Ashsih Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP
www.ashishmathur.com

 

[Barcelona]

THANKS Stefi - don't understand the formula logic, but it worked!

 

[Barcelona]

Mike - Thanks for suggestion. Unfortunately returns a VALUE error.

Stefi's suggestion does though work, so OK for now.