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How can I remove a constant from a cell?
I have a spreadsheet that has been updated and now sent to me for formatting
and formula auditing but along the way someone entered in a constant variable that is not needed but is preventing my actual calculations from showing. Can anyone offer any insight on how I can remove these non needed constants? |
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How can I remove a constant from a cell?
What is a 'constant variable'?
I think you need to divulge more information or give more details about the issue. Just a random thought here, but you may try something like this: =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","") That would get rid or all '-' characters in a cell. If, for instance, you wanted to find everything to the left of a certain character (maybe a constant variable), such as the letter 'a', you could try a function like this: =LEFT(A1,FIND("a",A1)-1) Hope that helps you a bit. Regards, Ryan-- -- RyGuy "ac" wrote: I have a spreadsheet that has been updated and now sent to me for formatting and formula auditing but along the way someone entered in a constant variable that is not needed but is preventing my actual calculations from showing. Can anyone offer any insight on how I can remove these non needed constants? |
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How can I remove a constant from a cell?
Ryan,
Thanks! When I hit formula auditing that is what showed up: constant variable. It is kind of "hiding" the 1 for now and letting me input different numbers. Thanks again! What is a 'constant variable'? I think you need to divulge more information or give more details about the issue. Just a random thought here, but you may try something like this: =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","") That would get rid or all '-' characters in a cell. If, for instance, you wanted to find everything to the left of a certain character (maybe a constant variable), such as the letter 'a', you could try a function like this: =LEFT(A1,FIND("a",A1)-1) Hope that helps you a bit. Regards, Ryan-- -- RyGuy "ac" wrote: I have a spreadsheet that has been updated and now sent to me for formatting and formula auditing but along the way someone entered in a constant variable that is not needed but is preventing my actual calculations from showing. Can anyone offer any insight on how I can remove these non needed constants? |
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