Am 08.04.2016 um 13:49 schrieb Bruce Hohl: > Method 1 - Using Value() > Use value() function to convert a text string into a number or date. > Copy the result; paste special as number or date. > --- > Method 2 - Search & Replace > Select (highlight) a cell range then: > Using Search & Replace (Ctrl+H): > Search for = .* > Replace = & > Under Other Options: > Y = Current selection only > Y = Regular expressions > Click Replace All >
Method 3 - Text to Columns Select a column of cells Call Data>Text to Columns... Choose tab as delimiter and hit [OK] All 3 methods require that your locale setting matches with the data to be converted. ($1,2345.98) requires English(USA) because of the $, the comma as thousands separator and the decimal point. (£1,2345.98) requires English(UK) because of the £, the comma as thousands separator and the decimal point. (€1.2345,98) requires German or French because of the € the point as thousands separator and the decimal comma. menu:Tools>Options>LanguageSettings>Locale (second option) determines the cultual context of all text-to-number conversions. Better you do not import numeric text in the first place. Wrong dates (2/3/1999 vs 3/2/1999) and wrong numbers (1.234 vs 1,234) can be very difficult to convert. Simply check the right locale in the import dialog together with the "detect special numbers" option. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
