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String expression calculation in excel

I have lines with expressions such as 8,753 - 1,087*4 + 0,1784*5*5 + 0,3447*4*4 in column A I would like to have VBA calculate resulting value in column B. Can anyone recommend something? I tried the ...
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How to split a search string into parts, then check parts against a database

Here's what I'm dealing with: We have a database of machines and their part lists are specified using strings. For example, one machine might be specified with the string &XXX&YYY-ZZZ, ...
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Excel: compare two cells containing strings and return TRUE if multiple words match

I am trying to compare two cells containing strings. I can't use VBA for restrictive reasons on my computer so it's just formulas for me. This is what I have: One cell is there to enter lots of ...
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Excel formula for string split into specific cell

any formula that works on both excel and googles sheet for splitting text to their column. I want a formula that split text from string to specific column.
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Excel Cell reference of a text string + Wildcard?

I have a list of cell with different conditions under a column called "Status". I am trying to make a summary COUNTIF for each occurrence of a status. Single mentions are easy, like "...
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Read in a formula as a string, modify formula, evaluate as a number in VBA

I am attempting to import a string as a formula into VBA, modify that formula based on certain conditions (ultimately to be defined by the user), and then evaluate that formula numerically for the ...
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Excel - Can't Extract Partial String via known formulas

I know this has been beaten to death but I cannot get mine to work for the below example: %B1234567^SMITH/MIKE^ABC123DEF456?;1234567=0111000? A1 contains the above text data and I am trying to copy ...
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Extracting text between Number and Parantheses in a String field in Excel

I have a bunch of values like the one below in a text field in Excel and was wondering if anyone knows a method of extracting the Suburb name (i.e. Liverpool) which is usually before the first ...
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Extract a List of Values from an HTML string Based on a List of Cell Values

I have an export of our blog, and I'm trying to see which SKUs where listed in that blog post. I have a list of SKUs and the Blog Content in a spreadsheet. I need to figure out how to get all the SKUs ...
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VBA How do I conditionally format a range of cells based on the value of one cell in that range?

My goal is to have the text of the entire row turn grey if the value of a particular cell in that row shows "GAT1". I can do this fine with regular conditional formatting but am struggling ...
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How to extract a string from 2 strings in Excel counting from the second string instead from the default left side

Here's a string: Sample text here, EXTRACTTHIS(), and ignore the rest. I want EXTRACTTHIS() to be extracted, so I used this simple formula: =MID(LEFT(A5,FIND("()",A5)+1),FIND(" ",...
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Excel String lookup within String

i have list of "Place of receipt", i need to lookup with another column with set of list that contains City names in Proper case/ Proper name. i tried below formula but i did not found any ...
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Excel formula to extract text from mid

Here, I am extracting middle name from text using below formula =MID(I2, SEARCH("-",I2) + 1, SEARCH("-",I2,SEARCH("-",I2)+1) - SEARCH("-",I2) - 1) So from name ...
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VBA - Passing string variable to formula yields "application-defined or object-defined error"

I'm experiencing the following issue: Sheets("Workbook 1 ").Range("N" & integerv).Formula = "=Workbook2!""" & column_string & """ 3)&...
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Excel - Function To Count All Strings In Range

I'm looking for a function that would count all of the different occcurrences of different strings within a range. It would go through an input range, cell by cell and, for each unique value it finds, ...
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