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The data is from part of a table on a public page but created in response to entering a street address. There are no issues when I paste the data if I select "detect special numbers" and there are no issues processing the numbers preceded with a '  in a calculation.

I started wondering why LO doesn't see '123 as a format it can change or is it an over riding format that LO won't change and when I have a format like '123 how do I get it back to a number. If I type '123 into a cell, Format>Cells.. tells me it is a number, I can use it in a formula but can't sum it.

If you format a cell as text (right click or Format>Cells..) and type in $123.00 you have some text as expected. If you delete the $ you have 123.00. If you now Format>Cells.. and select Number>General you would expect this to become a number format, but LO inserts the ' so it becomes '123.00 and changes the cell format to number but forcing the contents to remain as text.

From this point my question arose as to how to remove the ' so the contents of the cell became a number, and which Brian solved for me.

Steve

On 07/04/2022 13:18, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
Note: That the "`" does work. In my testing I must have
enter ' instead of ` and the is why the "`" didn't work
since it was char(39) instead of char(96)..

Just wondering if the data is from a public page or some
kind of private page?? I have a spreadsheet that uses the
external data link to a web site to get the latest covid
stats for the US states, D.C. and territories. Than have
macro that processes it into rest of sheet.

Would be interesting to see how the spreadsheet
processes in the ` with the number. When I type in a
number with a ` at the front, it shows that value as a text
field and is left justified..



On 6 Apr 2022 at 10:58, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:

From:                   "Michael D. Setzer II"
<msetzerii@gmail.com>
To:                     Steve Edmonds
<steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>,
                users@global.libreoffice.org
Date sent:              Wed, 06 Apr 2022 10:58:56 +1000
Subject:                Re: [libreoffice-users] Clearing formatting.
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=On 6 Apr 2022 at 10:13, Steve Edmonds wrote:


Date sent:60;Wed, 6 Apr 2022 10:13:51 +1200
To: 0;users@global.libreoffice.org
From: &#160;Steve Edmonds
<steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>
Subject: ;[libreoffice-users] Clearing formatting.


Hi, just wondering if there is an easy way to clear formatting of the
style '2892 where the apostrophe is used.
When I paste data from a web page LO inserts the apostrophe by default.
I realise there are options on pasting to have numbers pasted as text,
but my query is in regards converting '2892 to the number 2892.</span>


Not sure this would work.
Assuming you are using text formatting dialog option.
You could click on the other option in addition to
whatever filtering options you are using. Then put the
apostrophe in the position after the other.
You will end up with a column with the blanks where the
apostrophy was. Would then just delete that column.
That does assume that all numbers in column have
apostrophy and that other cells don't have apostrophy's?
Another option that might work for you.
Past data as currently done.
In another column to right put formula
No leading &quot; an assuming D1 is cell with '2982 format
numbers. Tried to match with "`" but it didn't work?? Had
to use code and ascii value for `'
\u201c=IF(CODE(LEFT(D1,1))=39,VALUE(MID(D1,2,20)),d1)
If all numbers have ` you could just use.
No leading &quot;
\u201c=VALUE(MID(D1,2,20))


Then copy the formula going down.
Then highlight. Ctrl-C, and the Shift-Ctrl-V over original
data, rather than doing one cell at a time.


Perhaps one of those would work with your data.
Good Luck. Have a nice day.




I cannot Format Cells... format as number or clear direct formatting or
find and replace the '. I can Ctl-x, Ctl-Shft-v and paste and the ' is
cleared.

Steve

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