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Hi
Do you know of a way to turn letters into numbers in Excel?
i.e A is displayed as 10, B as 11, C as 12 etc..
Thanks
Answer
Veer
You can create a seperate table for the numerical equivalant and then use a vlookup to access the corresponding numbers ie in a seperate sheet you would have A in one cell and then next would be 10 then using a vlookup on the main sheet when there is an A in say A2 in B2 the formula would be =vlookup(Sheet2!A1,2)
Richard
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