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[#6981355]

Have a huge list of distances that are imported (from a GPS) as text. how can i change them to numbers?

also, the list had merged cells so the datat is in cell A1, then A3, then A5 etc, how can I paste it into C1, C2, C3, etc so that it's sequential?

(text) data looks like,

85 m 

148 m 

340 m 

943 m 

370 m 

388 m 

76.2 m 

89 m 

106 m 

with always a space and 'm' after it.

Ta C


 
Posted : 06/04/2015 10:13 pm
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Data toolbar. Text to columns tool. Use space as delimiter.

Then filter, selecting non-blank cells, copy to another sheet.


 
Posted : 06/04/2015 10:16 pm
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Text to columns tool.

EDIT - too slow!


 
Posted : 06/04/2015 10:17 pm
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Or just find and replace " *" with blank. Deletes everything including the space.


 
Posted : 06/04/2015 10:24 pm
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cheers, done!


 
Posted : 06/04/2015 10:33 pm