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On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Alan B <aboba0@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Wade Smart <wadesmart@gmail.com> wrote:

Im working on a sheet that has numbers for a sports club.
At the moment we use two columns and at the end of
the columns of data, we calculate values in one column
leaving another empty.

What I would like to do is move to a single column design.

What I would like to do is:
B3=3,7
B4=0,10
B5=1,2

How would I access the first or second value a pair value?


 Wade, I believe you will be stuck with messy formulas if you move to a
single cell. Once you put 3,7 into a cell it is now treated as text, not a
number. So to use in a number formula it must be converted to a number.

Since you will use a comma to separate your numbers you have a reliable
separator to pick out the first or second number.

A formula to get the fist number from B3 would be
=VALUE( MID(B3,1,SEARCH(",",B3)-1))
The above formula will give you the number 3 which you can then use in your
other calculations.

A formula for the second number would be
=VALUE(RIGHT(B3,LEN(B12)-FIND(",",B3)))
It will you the number 7 which again can be used in your other formulas.

Others may suggest better formulas. I think most will recommend a different
spreadsheet design.

I was afraid of that.
Ok.. it was just something I was working on. I can stick with two columns
until I find a better way.

Thanks :D

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