Add an apostrophe

El-sol -  
 El-sol -
Hello,

I have a list of customer numbers to which I need to add an apostrophe to the left; otherwise, my transfer between Excel and Accpac will not work.
If I have the number 8774 in A1, I tried the following formula:
="'"&A1
and the result is: '8774
but I don't want to see the apostrophe. It's just to convert a number to text, like when you directly type '8774 you don’t see the apostrophe.

I also thought of a find and replace, like:
find anything and replace it with ' followed by that anything

(and I’m trying to avoid using a macro)

thank you

Configuration: Windows 7 / Internet Explorer 8.0

4 réponses

Mike-31 Posted messages 18405 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   5 145
 
Hello,

just try without the apostrophe

=(""&A1)

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Mike-31

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via55 Posted messages 14730 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   2 755
 
Hello

=TEXT(A1;0)
rounds the number to 0 decimal places and converts it to text

Best regards

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El-sol
 
I will keep the 2 suggestions and I will run tests to see if Accpac recognizes the new result. I'm not there yet.

But I have roughly the same problem with another file where I need to fetch data.
Since my first file has client numbers like 8774, in this other file, the clients are preceded by a 0, e.g., 08774.
So it's not compatible. How can I remove the 0s all at once?
Thanks.

(And I just realized there are client numbers with 3 digits, so in this file, these clients are preceded by 00. E.g., 00217. This won't be easy.)
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El-sol
 
I tested the via55 solution and it removes all unnecessary 0s.
Thank you.
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