CT2N - Convert Text To Number (and dates)
ConvertTextToNumber replaces numbers and dates, formatted as text, with real numbers.
Choices can be made about marking of cells, including cells with non- default decimal separators, conversion of dates, and more.
As a result of the conversion, the t
latest release: 2020-03-05 22:51:15
Description
Works in 5.0.x, 5.1,.x, 5.2.x ConvertTextToNumber replaces numbers and dates, formatted as text, with real numbers. Choices can be made about marking of cells, including cells with non- default decimal separators, conversion of dates, and more. As a result of the conversion, the text cells will become real numbers, and then will be counted as expected in formulas Calc. This extension adds the tool bar 'CT2N' to Calc only. The screen shot shows it all. Available languages: Spanish, Swedish, Russian, French, English, Italian and Dutch. Translations for other languages would be gladly accepted. Please note: We get requests about all kind of clean-up actions, that can be necessary when copying data from a website. These are not the original problem that this extension addresses. However, since it would make a good extra functionality, we kindly thank for this input and plan the ideas for a future version.
Contributors: translations by: Konstantin Lavrov (Russian) Karim Doumaz (French) Johnny Rosenberg (Swedish) Wolfgagn Uhlig (German) Julio C. Semper (Spanish) Leopoldo Saggin (Italian) Zdenek Crhonek (Czech)
Release List
Release: 1.5 – Added Czech translation - thanks to Zdenek Crhone
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License: LGPL
388 downloads
Release Notes: Added Czech translation - thanks to Zdenek Crhone fixed bug with ascii > 32767 stop gap solution to prevent crash in recent LibreOffice with pasting to clipboard
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Colin Howard Dec 4, 2021, 6:20 AM (22 months ago)
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What it does it does competently.
Is there any possibility it might convert a text structure like this "2021-12-04 6:16:34 AM" to this 2021-12-04 06:16:34 - which is the format for an =NOW()expression
Eike Rathke Jun 9, 2021, 7:21 PM (2 years ago)
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Most useful if you run into "my numbers and dates are just text" problems.
See also FAQ
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Calc/How_to_convert_number_text_to_numeric_data
Zaza Ulola Oct 28, 2020, 1:41 AM (3 years ago)
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This extension must to be in official version!
Jonathan Aug 2, 2020, 1:00 PM (3 years ago)
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A very useful extension indeed, when it works, which is most of the time. I haven't quite figured why it sometimes informs that 'nothing to convert' when there clearly is a lot to convert. Probably something I'm missing to do with prior formatting.
I find this extension most useful.
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