I have a cell with the following content 2262/4121. I want to have a cell next to it that contains the result of that expression. Is there a function for that?
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You can use the VALUE() function for that. Its only argument is the cell that you want to evaluate
From the documentation:
The VALUE function returns a number value, even if the argument is formatted as text. This function is included for compatibility with tables imported from other spreadsheet apps.
VALUE(source-string)
source-string: Any value.Notes
You’ll never need to use the VALUE function in a new table, because numbers in text are automatically converted for you.Only the formatted text is converted. For example, if you type the string $100.001 into a cell, the default format will display only two decimals ($100.00). If VALUE refers to this cell, it will return 100, the value of the formatted text, not 100.001.
If the argument can’t be returned as a number value (does not contain a number), the function returns an error.
Examples
=VALUE(“22”) returns the number 22.
=VALUE(RIGHT(“The year 1953”, 2)) returns the number 53.
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2It only works if the source text cell contains a mathematical expression in the form of "a/b". Any other operator such as +-* fails. Also multiple operands such as "a+b+c-d+e-f+g" are not possible. I would like to have my source text cell with i.e. "1+2+3-4+5-6.7+8.99" and another cell evaluating the content of that source cell.– porgCommented Jun 26, 2013 at 19:58
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1Anyone with a solution for evaluating a cell with multiple arbitrary operands?– porgCommented Apr 30, 2014 at 15:00
In the general case you're stuck. But in a special case you might be able to do something. To add up a column of inconveniently formatted numbers, I wrote a formula that uses two other formulas to extract intermediate values from the text:
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