I've got a problem when I'm trying to paste data into excel. I'm downloading data in excel sheet, but in some cells there are numbers of length of 22 digits so excel converts them to scientific notation and after changing the format to text only 15 first digits are correct and else are zeros, Is there any way to convert the numbers from that scientific notation back into exact number. In my opinion no, but maybe there is some way?
Thanks in advance :)
Try to format the range of excel as Text, before writing the number there. Then it will be ok. But you will not be able to make any formula calculations:
Public Sub TestMe()
Dim largeNumber As String
largeNumberic = largeNumber
Range("A1").NumberFormat = "#"
Range("A1").NumberFormat = largeNumber
End Sub
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I am creating an excel object from a vb.net listview table simply by creating an array of F(x,y), creating a range and putting the values from the array in the range as follows.
shXL.Range(Startcell,AEndCell).Value = F
However some of the fields are numeric and I want them to be formatted to two decimal places and EXCEL to recognize them as decimals
What I end up with in the excel worksheet is many green triangles telling me they are text fields.
How do I convert a range withing the sheet say A5,I20 to be formated as decimals.
I tried: (x,y).numberformat = "00.00" which works to format to 2dp but still treats the cells as text.
Furthermore, is it possible to Excel Sum a range? How is the possible?
Your help is appreciated!
shXL.Range(Startcell,AEndCell).Value = F
'// Loop over same range and convert to decimal
For Each cell In shXl.Range(Startcell,AEndCell)
With cell
.Value = CDec(.Value)
End With
Next
Furthermore, is it possible to Excel Sum a range? How is the possible?
I don't think Excel would have got very far as a spreadsheet product if it couldn't sum a range!
Assuming you want to do this in vb.net you need to use the instance of the application. I'll assume in your code it's XL
mySumValue = XL.WorksheetFunction.Sum(shXL.Range(Startcell,AEndCell))
I have a report and in columns L to Y I have the time of hh:mm:ss written as text and as a result I'm unable to do pivot calculations.
Is there an excel vba script that I can use to convert columns L:Y to the time value of hh:mm:ss?
any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
A bit late, but another similar solution is to copy a blank cell and add it to the range with Paste Special
or better, change the format and copy the values like this:
Set r = Intersect(UsedRange, Range("L:Y")) ' only the used range in columns L to Y
r.NumberFormat = "HH:mm:ss" ' military time format 24:59:59 ?
r.Value2 = r.Value2
Without using VBA, you could perhaps put a formula in columns Z onwards, e.g. Z2's formula could say =TIMEVALUE(L2) etc.
Using VBA, you could use either the CDate or TimeValue functions to convert the string to a date/time.
Ok, here is the case:
I have an Excel file in .xlsx format. One of the cells contains the value 132,6 and it's format is number. This means that Excel shows the number as 132,60. Now because it represents a price (132 euro and 60 cents) I'd like to keep it in this format 132,60.
Now I need to convert all cells to text format for purposes that aren't important in this question. Because the value is actually 132,6, after the conversion this is the text value shown, instead of the 132,60. But I'd like to maintain the trailing zero when converting it to text.
Is there any VBA implementation for this?
this format should work
=TEXT(A2;"#'##0.00")
EDIT: In VBA
Below snippet will convert numbers in selection to text.
Sub aMacro()
Dim SelRange As Range
Set SelRange = Selection
For Each c In SelRange.Cells
c.Value = Format(c.Value, "###0.00")
Next
End Sub
I have (what seems like it should be) a simple problem. I need to be able to tell excel (in vba) that a cell's contents are numeric, but I don't really want to apply any formatting to it. I need my trailing zeros left how they are. Am I missing something incredibly simple?
Update:
I'm getting xml data from a query and am placing it into the spreadsheets. But lets say one of the cells has 589.950000 I need to keep those additional zeros on display for the user (don't ask me why, they just want the precision) but excel converts it to 589.95. I also need for them to be able to do spreadsheet calculations on that cell (so I can't format it as text).
Update 2:
Further Clarification. Lets say I have 4 values that I'm going to place into a column
595.56000
15.00
90.00050
1919.120000000
is there one numeric format that I can apply to that column that will display those exact numbers?
You can't do this with one custom format.
What you can do is make a macro that does the input for you and modifies each cell format as it puts the value into it. You can use the Macro Recorder to get a handle on where to start with this.
I think you can do:
Val(Range("A1").Value)
Which will evalulate the text to a number
You mean you want to use the value of the cell as a numerical one but you don't want to change the real val of the cell ?
In vba, you can use CInt(yourvar) to convert a string to number. Thus, the value you get will sure be an integer.
[edit] Btw, if you want to display or set back the value to a cell with the format you want, you can use the Format ( expression, [ format ] ) function of Excel vba
[edit 2]
As you cannot predict how many zeros you will have, i can't see any number format that would work. You'd probably better use the Text format as Lance Robert suggested. To use formula on text cells, you can use the VALUE formula to convert the cell to use it as a number. If you need it on a range, you may have to use array formulas like this : {=SUM(IF(ISTEXT(A1:A4);VALUE(A1:A4);A1:A4))}.
Please let us know if you want some help on these formulas.
Regards,
Max
If you know the number of decimal places you need, you can use something like the following:
Range("A1").NumberFormat = "0.000000"
I suppose you could even get fancy and check the number of trailing 0s in the code and adjust the formatting as required.
UPDATE:
Here's a VBA function that takes the number as a string and returns the appropriate NumberFormat string.
Private Function trailing(strNum As String) As String
'From number entered as string, returns Excel Number format to preserve trailing zeroes in decimal.
Dim decpt As Integer
Dim aftdec As Integer
Dim strTmp As String
decpt = InStr(strNum, ".")
If decpt = 0 Then
strTmp = "0"
Else
aftdec = Len(strNum) - decpt
strTmp = "0."
If aftdec <> 0 Then
For i = 1 To aftdec
strTmp = strTmp & "0"
Next
End If
End If
trailing = strTmp
End Function
Can't believe I just stumbled on this...
I know it's old but might as well give very simple answer:
Custom format and simply use # symbol. Will be treated as integer and left exactly as typed in to cell.
In a cell in Excel sheet I have a Date value like:
01/01/2010 14:30:00
I want to convert that Date to Text and also want the Text to look exactly like Date. So a Date value of 01/01/2010 14:30:00 should look like 01/01/2010 14:30:00 but internally it should be Text.
How can I do that in Excel?
=TEXT(A1,"DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss")
(24 hour time)
=TEXT(A1,"DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss AM/PM")
(standard time)
Here is a VBA approach:
Sub change()
toText Sheets(1).Range("A1:F20")
End Sub
Sub toText(target As Range)
Dim cell As Range
For Each cell In target
cell.Value = cell.Text
cell.NumberFormat = "#"
Next cell
End Sub
If you are looking for a solution without programming, the Question should be moved to SuperUser.
Here's another option. Use Excel's built in 'Text to Columns' wizard. It's found under the Data tab in Excel 2007.
If you have one column selected, the defaults for file type and delimiters should work, then it prompts you to change the data format of the column. Choosing text forces it to text format, to make sure that it's not stored as a date.
In some contexts using a ' character beforehand will work, but if you save to CSV and load again this is impossible.
'01/01/2010 14:30:00
Couldnt get the TEXT() formula to work
Easiest solution was to copy paste into Notepad and back into Excel with the column set to Text before pasting back
Or you can do the same with a formula like this
=DAY(A2)&"/"&MONTH(A2)&"/"&YEAR(A2)& " "&HOUR(B2)&":"&MINUTE(B2)&":"&SECOND(B2)
I have no idea about the year of publication of the question; it might be old now. So, I expect my answer to be more of a reference for future similar questions after my post.
I don't know if anybody out there has already given an answer similar to the one I am about to give, which might result -I think- being the simplest, most direct and most effective: If someone has already given it, I apologize, but I haven't seen it. Here, my answer using CStr instead of TEXT:
Asuming cell A1 contains a date, and using VBA code:
Dim strDate As String
'Convert to string the value contained in A1 (a date)
strDate = CStr([A1].Value)
You can, thereafter, manipulate it as any ordinary string using string functions (MID, LEFT, RIGHT, LEN, CONCATENATE (&), etc.)
If you are not using programming then do the following
(1) select the column
(2) right click and select Format Cells
(3) Select "Custom"
(4) Just Under "Type:" type dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss
In Excel 2010, marg's answer only worked for some of the data I had in my spreadsheet (it was imported). The following solution worked on all data.
Sub change()
toText Selection
End Sub
Sub toText(target As range)
Dim cell As range
Dim txt As String
For Each cell In target
txt = cell.text
cell.NumberFormat = "#"
cell.Value2 = txt
Next cell
End Sub
As Text is localized it will break when trying you try to share your files over diffrent cultures. ÅÅÅÅ-MM-DD might work perfectly in sweden, is US, Germany or israel it will turn to shit.
The reasonable solution would be that english was accepted everywhere, but it's not.
Basically DON'T EVER use text as intended to format dates.
Here is how to create the date in ISO format. TEXT is used to ensure leading
=YEAR(A1)&"-"&TEXT(MONTH(A1);"00")&"-"&TEXT(DAY(A1);"00")
If you want it backwards, sideways or whatever, just change it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ISO8601/comments/enhlp6/logic_of_the_different_date_time_systems_with/
The selected answer did not work for me as Excel was still not converting the text to date. Here is my solution.
Say that in the first column, A, you have data of the type 2016/03/25 21:20:00 but is stored as text. Then in column B write =DATEVALUE(A1) and in column C write =TIMEVALUE(A1).
Then in column D do =B1+C1 to add the numerical formats of the date and time.
Finally, copy the values from D into column E by right clicking in column E and select Paste Special -> Paste as Values.
Highlight the numerical values in column E and change the data type to date - I prefer using a custom date of the form YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.