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Coordinates have excessive amounts of decimal data, is there a fast way to shorten the data?
IE: 123456.7890 --> 123456
I don't mean just displaying shortened values, I mean actually eliminating the data after each decimal point.
Thanks in advance!

Yes, you can use the TRUNC function to eliminate the fractional portion of each number.
=trunc(A1)
If cell A1 contains 123456.7890, this function will return 123456.

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Using ROUND after Nested IF Statements in Excel

I am working on a spreadsheet for a client that calculates values and shows them as fractions after a good amount of deductions. We were running some test after I had it all set and ready and they ran a certain number through the spread sheet. I'll try to beak it down as easily as possible (any value with brackets is user input. So Width is [94.5(94 1/2)] that number get subtracted by 7.5312(7 17/32 that equals 86.9688(86 31/32) that number is then divided by [3] which then equals 28.9896(28 95/96) This is where the problem is though. 95/96 is not a "real" fraction is there a way I can round numbers like this down to 64ths? They were expecting 63/64ths Even though the math is correct they need it to round down in those cases.
The If statement is this:
=IF(E4=1,(K4-F19)/1,IF(E4=2,(K4-G19)/2,IF(E4=3,(K4-H19)/3,IF(E4=4,(K4-I19)/4,IF(E4=5,(K4-J19)/5,IF(E4=6,(K4-K19)/6,IF(E4=7,(K4-L19)/7,IF(E4=8,(K4-M19)/8,IF(E4=9,(K4-N19)/9,IF(E4=10,(K4-O19)/10,0))))))))))
This is a single part of the IF statement:
=IF(E4=1,(K4-F19)/1
Is there a way around this or are they SOL(Sorta Outta Luck)?
Thanks for any insight.
Assuming in A1, please try:
=ROUNDDOWN(A1*64,0)/64
with suitable formatting.
This ensures that all results are multiples of 1/64.

Excel if formula possibility

I have an issue that I don't personally know how to format. I need to subtract numbers that are in seconds, formatted to be viewed as 58.43 or 59.99, but that are sometimes in minutes, formatted as 1:01.33 for example.
I would also need to be able to subtract the numbers from each other to be recognized as (+1.08) or (-0.78), with the parentheses.
I'm sure I can elaborate somewhere, so let me know if this doesn't make any sense. Thanks
It depends if 58.43 is formatted as a number or time. Date and time are stored in number of days, so the time 58.43 is actually stored as the number 0.00067627314814814800000 (58.43/24/60/60).
If both values are time values, then the custom number format of the result can be:
(+s.00);(-s.00);(0.00);#
To handle both cases, instead of =A1-A2 you can try this something like this:
=IF(A1<1,A1,A1/86400)-IF(A2<1,A2,A2/86400)
If those are just time values formatted as mm.ss then you can use TIMEDIFF()
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Calculate-the-difference-between-two-times-e1c78778-749b-49a3-b13e-737715505ff6
If not, try to convert them to time values and than use TIMEDIFF()
The first part is straightforward
Apply a default format of
ss:00
Then in conditional formatting use a formula
=A2>=TIME(0,1,0)
and apply a format of
m:ss.00
for the ones that are a minute or more.
There is no direct solution to the problem of displaying negative times short of changing the default date system used by Excel as you can see in a number of references. The only way to do it here is to test whether the result is positive or negative and display the positive difference with or without a minus sign.
=IF(B2>=A2,TEXT(B2-A2,"(+s.00)"),TEXT(A2-B2,"(-s.00)"))
The downside of this is that they are actually text values and you can't use them in any further calculations. However the results of A2-B2 are still good even if you can't display them directly, so you can use A2-B2 in subsequent formulae if you want to even if it is negative.

Converting letters to text and back again (Excel 2013)

For a piece of coursework I have to complete a register of student grades. I am trying to calculate their overall grades by converting their grades from each of the four units into numbers (which I have done using the VLOOKUP function), but I need to then convert the result of the average back into a letter. I have used VLOOKUP and also a long nested IF statement to try and accomplish this, but no matter what I can never get a valid result. This is what I have so far (this is just a link to my image as I am unable to post one).
I have converted the Target grade into a number using the formula:
=VLOOKUP(D3,'Grade Values'!A$2:B$11,2,FALSE)
Then added up the total of the different grades from the four units using this formula:
=SUM(VLOOKUP(F3,'Grade Values'!A$1:B$11,2,FALSE)+
VLOOKUP(Dashboard!G3,'Grade Values'!A$1:B$11,2,FALSE)+
VLOOKUP(Dashboard!H3,'Grade Values'!A$1:B$11,2,FALSE)+
VLOOKUP(Dashboard!I3,'Grade Values'!A$1:B$11,2,FALSE))
And then averaged it out with this: =J3/4
The problem I am facing at the moment is that when converting this number back to a letter using the same table as in the second screenshot I get an N/A result when I use this formula: =VLOOKUP(K3,Dashboard!A1:B10,1,FALSE)
I can't seem to figure out what's going wrong with the formula at the end. If anyone can please help me figure this out I will appreciate it a lot. Thank you :)
Edit: I apologise for the irrelevant tags, as far as I was aware formulas in Excel were written in JavaScript.
Personally, I would convert the letter grade to ASCII character using the function:
CODE(A1)
use the ASCII Reference Chart for the integer value of each Upper Case character. Note: A=65, B=66, etc... Perform your calculations, then you can use the function:
CHAR(A2)
to convert the number back into a character.
Example:
A1="A"
A2="B"
A3="C"
B1="=CHAR(AVERAGE(CODE(A1),CODE(A2),CODE(A3)))"
just copy the column A in the sheet dashboard and paste it in column C in the sheet dashboard... so you have
A B C
A* 7 A*
A 7 A
B 6 B
....
the formula you have to use is
=VLOOKUP(K3,Dashboard!$B$1:$C$10,2,FALSE)
remember that this time u need to match a number... not a letter

Trying to show only a certain amount of numbers

To make the sale to my customer I need to import numbers from a report into an Excel document. For example the number coming in will be 14.182392. The only reason for my guy not to buy the product is because he only wants to view 14.182 on the Excel sheet. Okay so the other catch is, the number CANNOT be rounded in any shape or form.
So what I need is a way to just show so much of number, WITHOUT ROUNDING.
Is this possible? Any ideas of how I could get around this would be fantastic.
Please try:
=TEXT(INT(A1)+VALUE(LEFT(MOD(A1,1),5)),"00.000")
Firstly =TRUNC is a better answer (much shorter). My version was connected with uncertainty in your requirement (it is odd!) and in the hope it might be easier to adjust if not exactly what you/your boss wanted.
TRUNC literally just truncates the decimals (no rounding!) to a length to suit (ie 3 if to show nn.182 given nn.182392 or say nn.182999).
LEFT may also be a better choice, but that depends upon knowing how large the integer part of your number is. =LEFT(A1,6) would display 14.189 given say 14.189999 in A1. However it would show 1.4189 given 1.4189999 in A1 (ie four decimal places).
The formula above combines text manipulation with number manipulation.:
INT takes just the integer value (here 14.)
MOD takes just the modulus – the residual that is not an integer after division, in this case by 1. So just the .182392 part. LEFT is then applied here in a similar way to as used above, but without needing to concern oneself with the length of the integer part of the source value (ie 14 or 1 etc does not matter).
VALUE then converts the result back into numeric format (string manipulation functions such as LEFT always return text format) so our abbreviated decimal string can then be added to our integer.
Finally, the TEXT part is for formatting but is hard or impossible to justify! About the only use is that it displays the result left-justified in the cell – perhaps a little warning that the number displayed is not the “true” value (eg it won’t SUM) because, as a result of a formula, it won’t be marked with a little green warning triangle.
The displayed values can use the TRUNC function like this,
=TRUNC(A1, 3)
But you must use A1 in any calculations to retain the precision of the raw value.
Easiest way I know:
=LEFT(A1; x)
where x = the amount of characters You want. Mind that the dot counts as a character as well.

How Can I convert Exponential form back to a number?

I am trying to convert exponential form to a number but I can't figure out how it has to be done.
I have a number 1820674000000385406.
I am pasting this number excel after saving this I am following these steps
Format cells->Number and selecting the type.
but after doing this I am not getting my original number I am getting the number as 1820674000000380000
but I want my original number back. Please help me with this.
Excel has a limited resolution of 15 digits for the this type as you can see here:
Excel specifications and limits
Thus Excel saves 182067400000038E+04, which are the 15 first digits of your number and the corresponding exponential.
If you want to keep your number as it is, I recommend you to use a database instead. Excel is not made for these kind of huge numbers.
Best
While storing you can app ' before the number. This would stop excel from converting the number.
Example - 1820674000000385406 would be stored as '1820674000000385406
Another work around is to store number as text. By formatting the cells as to type text.
More details you can find here

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