4 quick and simple methods to use in Excel to convert a range of numbers that are stored as text to be stored as numbers. This is an important thing to know how to do when working with large data sets, especially when that data is imported into Excel from other programs or CSV files.
Microsoft Docs for Converting Numbers:
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The methods show here will work on any version of Excel and should be considered key tools to memorize for any daily spreadsheet user.
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What is the fastest method for changing multiple columns of dynamic data into numbers?
Oh well none of them work for me.
What if we have 0's in front and we don't want it to go away when we convert it into a value
really useful 🙂
Thanks so much for this video! I searched for hours today to find an easy way to convert a large set of Numbers stored as Text. I had downloaded a form with a spreadsheet containing 30 Columns and 80 rows with numbers stored as text. Your Fourth Solution of Space Special Multiplier by 1 for the whole spreadsheet did the trick in seconds!
thanks alot for the help, i've been searching for an solution to this problem for so long. The text to columns solved it for me.
Dear Sir, I tried all but nothing working in excel. Please help me to fix it out. Thanks
I ended up c/p'ing into an html editor and using the multi-line select (alt+left-click)
I'm working with 16-digit numbers. I tried all your methods, but all last digits were changed to 0, not the number it supposed to be. Would you please help me with this? Thanks a lot.
Golden minute at 3:00. I fixed using text to columns. Thanks a lot!
here how to do it: 3:16
Thanks!!
fuck excel, i cant convert shit to numbers
how do i do that in VBA
But what if the cell contains a number, but the formula did not calculate properly still using lookup, but the lookup formula works for other cells
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Not only left for text or right for numbers but, if you align in center, then it's hard to see what text/number is. Ofc, it will be written in Number Formats, but people are not looking always… 😀 good video, decent.
If all steps are not working for you, check your number entry. There must be a single space in it. Just delete the space, most of the time it happens if you copy a number from another source.
Hi. What if it is coming from xero data? Thanks.
2nd example was perfect – I was spending all kinds of time trying to figure out why the excel cell showed number but was acting as text ! Awesome – Thanks
Thanks
I'm an research engineer with experience processing data in Matlab, Mathematica, and many other more scientific software, and Excel is still a struggle to me. Why do I need to watch a tutorial on how to import data from a file?
Thanks to TeachExcel for the video.
this text thing cost me so much time and at last i got this simple solution and i feel so stupid now.
This is very helpful thanks, moreover, sometimes it shows values like (4.2312E+12
), why is this happening and what should I do?
Thank you so much it really solved my problem. . . .
Thanks a lot, much appreciated.
Thank you for this video!!! I am working on a pricing sheets with all kinds of issues! This fixed one of the bigger ones for me…that text to columns….wow! WFH sure allows for great Youtube training! 🙂
Text to Column was the trick. Thanks!
thanks. But what if I have tonnes of these cells. I
you are the best
This is very very helpful! Thank you so much!!!
How to convcert text for example 93,3 to number? Text to column function doesnt work, or only work if you want to cut commas away..
Very useful tips, thanks
Hello sir, how to convert text to numbers in a horizontal row?
Thank you so much. When i entry numeric via data entry form then it store as text. Now i solved this problem by your formula.
Great video~ Thank you so much for your kind help!
It just happens that I was struggling with a match formula issue today. However, I am matching one column with another column that both contain two integers and two letters (in caps). Ex: 04TT in cell A2 and 04TC in cell B2. The match formula did not recognize that these are different. I ended up just doing a simple =A2=B2. I tried to figure out how to fix this via formatting, but was unsuccessful. Do you have any thoughts by any chance on how I could format this differently.
This is very Useful tutorial !
thank you for your tips
it makes our jobs easier 😉