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 Excel query
Author:Ian Gower
Date:Friday, 19th Nov 2004 14:04
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Category:Computers and Software
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I am trying to set up a spreadsheet to calibrate a pesticide applicator. One of the cells to be filled in needs to extract just the decimal part of a previous cell. For example, if the original cell says 8.43, I just need .43 in the new cell. How can I achieve this please?

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  Excel query
I am trying to set up a spreadsheet to calibrate a pesticide applicator. One of the cells to be ...
Ian Gower 19/11/04 14:04 30657
   Re: Excel query
A late entry here, because I wonder if you really want the decimal part or that is just part of ...
Ian Savell 26/11/04 18:11 30754
   Re: Excel query
Hi, RIGHT is ok if you know the number of decimal places you have set. An easier way is to use ...
Bradders 23/11/04 14:18 30700
    Re: Excel query
Thank you for your replies, Bradders' example worked perfectly.
Ian Gower 24/11/04 17:21 30720
   Re: Excel query
To extract the decimal part of a number you can use the function RIGHT. This returns a text string. To ...
J. Verbogen 23/11/04 10:57 30688

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