Hi!
I'm pulling large amounts of data to excel file from 2 databeses (websites)
I have one database of phone numbers that I download to excel as xxx-xxx-xxxx
Another database of phone numbers I download to excel as (xxx)xxx-xxxx
Often I need to find a match of a multiple phone numbers, so I need to have them in the same format.
How can I convert in excel one to another between those 2 formats using function or formula?
Also
How can I convert format (xxx)xxx-xxxx to just xxxxxxxxxx?
Thanks
apply this in a column adjacent to the number in (xxx)-xxx-xxxx format assuming it is in Column A
=MID(A1,2,3)&MID(A1,7,3)&RIGHT(A1,4)
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This should do what you want for numbers like (123)-456-7890 if the number was entered like this and not an applied format. This will even handle entries like 123-456-7890
Formula:
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I was trying to use this formula =MID(A1,2,3)&MID(A1,7,3)&RIGHT(A1,4)
and that's how it came up after applying:
(716)940-5341 71640-5341
So the 4th number in the phone number was missing.
So lets say that number that I need to convert would be in the cell D2. What would be the correct formula?
Thank you Newdowerman for your formula.
Your formula though converted phone number like this from (716)940-5341 to 7169405341 no dashes. I need that too. Its very helpful. Is there a way to change this formula so it will convert (716)940-5341 to 716-940-5341?
=mid(substitute(a1,")","-"),2,len(a1))
This should do it
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Thank you Alansidman!
I just figure out the way so it will show correct values in conversion of (123)456-7890 to 123-456-7890. Here is the formula:
=MID(A1,2,3)&"-"&MID(A1,6,3)&"-"&RIGHT(A1,4)
Thanks again for steering me in the right direction
Excellent Ghozi. Worked like a charm. Thanks
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