can i get a letter to be calculated in a worksheet

[Peo Sjoblom]

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http://www.cpearson.com/excel/sortws.htm

What do you mean by calculating a letter, count it, calculating a value
associated with it?

 

[JulieD]

Hi

Jason answered a similar question posted about 1.5 hrs before yours this
way:
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=IF(A1="Y",5,IF(A1="N",2,""))

If you have a lot of letters you need to convert, then
I'd suggest creating a table and using VLOOKUP. See here
for a tutorial:

http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

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if this isn't what you're looking for, please repost with more details in
the message body of your post as to what you're actually trying to achieve.

Cheers
JulieD

 

[Doug]

Look at the CHAR and CODE worksheet functions. Here are some calculations I
did:

=CODE("D")
=CHAR(J5+66)