Using a cell w/Alpha numeric characters in mulplication formula

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MAJ0116

Trying to create multple rows with each showing
[14.3 hrs @ $185/hr] (each row different hours and $rate)

It's necessary for us to have the brackets showing, but a cell with [14.3 in
it is not recognized as a number - same thing applies to the $185/hr

Appreciate any assist
 
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Elkar

Here's a couple formulas to extract the hours and dollars from your data.

=VALUE(MID(A16,2,FIND(" ",A16)-2))

=VALUE(MID(A16,FIND("$",A16)+1,FIND("/",A16)-FIND("$",A16)-1))

Is that something you can work with?

HTH,
Elkar
 
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Gord Dibben

With 14.3 in A1 and 185 in B1 enter in C1

=TEXT("["&A1&" hrs @ "&B1,"$##.00")&" /hr]"


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
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Harlan Grove

Gord Dibben said:
With 14.3 in A1 and 185 in B1 enter in C1

=TEXT("["&A1&" hrs @ "&B1,"$##.00")&" /hr]"
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This returns

[14.3 hrs @ 185 /hr]

but so would

="["&A1&" hrs @ "&B1&" /hr]"

and closer to the OP's specs,

="["&A1&" hrs @ "&B1&"/hr]"

Why bother with the TEXT call?
 
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