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Converting numbers that have commas and decimals

Steve07805
5 - Atom

Hi,


I have some data that uses decimals and commas. For example

 

191,08

5.138,55

8.666,01

19,33

17.154,10

 

The data uses a decimal to split the thousands. And a comma to signify the decimal place.


I found a formula to convert the comma to decimals but end up with:

 

17.154.10 which does not work.

Do you know a way to convert this data so it would be as follows:

191.08

5138.55

8666.01

19.33

17154.10

 

Thank you!

 

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BenMoss
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

I would use a formula like...

replace(

 

replace(

 

replace([field],",","A")

 

,".",","),"A",".")

This should work...

So first of all we place commas with the letter A, we then replace full stops with a comma, and the finally the letter A with full stops.



BenMoss
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

I should add though, if you want the number to be treated like a number we don't even want the commas. So what I would actually do is something like

 

replace(


replace([field],".","")

 

,",",".")

 

In that we first replace full stops with nothing (i.e. removing what should be commas completely) and then replacing commas with a full stop.

Ben

Steve07805
5 - Atom

Yes that makes so much sense!

 

Thank you for the quick reply!

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