N() is another function present under math function section. The returned result is text hence we multiply it with 1 to get a numeric value.Īpproach # 2 – Extracting numeric value with N(): Where B1 is the cell in which we have the text and we want to eliminate comma “,”. The following formula works a treat when substituting for commas Text is the Text we want to remove the commas from, old text is the text we want to remove for our case this is comma, instance_num is optional, if you specify, the specific instance will be removed, and otherwise all the instances will be removed. In this short tutorial, will show you how to make such numbers actually work like numbers!Ĭonsider a Number like this one: 12,645,990Īpproach # 1 – Substituting commas with a Formula:Įxcel has a built in function called SUBSTITUTE() that we use to substitute values in a text. The problem starts with the indication that numbers starts aligning to the left like text and they either have extra spaces or have imprint able characters that do not appear clearly but make numbers behave in an unusual manner. Repeats the following character to fill in the remaining space in the cell.Īdds a space equal in width to the following character.We encounter this problem of numbers behaving as text with commas when we import data from some other software in to excel sheet. Insert the desired text within quotations for it to text entered into a cell.
An insignificant 0 will appear as a space in the results.įormats numbers with a decimal separator. An insignificant 0 will not appear in the results.Ī digit in the number. An insignificant 0 will appear in the results.Ī digit in the number. Here is a list of common syntax characters that can be used to create a custom number format: CharacterĪ digit in the number. Color# ( where # is replaced by a number between 1-56 to choose from a different variety of colors).Formatting colors must be used in English. You can use colors in the formatting, for example to differentiate between positive and negative numbers, by adding a color in brackets (for example, ) anywhere within the desired part of the format. When creating a custom format, note that the formatting can consist of up to 4 parts separated by semicolons: positive negative zero non-numeric. You can also add your own custom number format into the text box. Search in the menu text box to select a format.On your computer, open a spreadsheet in Google Sheets.
To apply a custom number format to your spreadsheet:
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