When a hyphen is present between feet and inches, it will cause Excel to interpret the inch value as a negative number and create an incorrect result, since inches will be subtracted instead of added. To guard against this problem, we hand off the number extracted for inches to the ABS function. For example, in B12, SUBSTITUTE returns "-3 1/2" and ABS returns 3. The measurements in B12:B13, include a hyphen (-) between feet and inches. In brief, the outer quotes indicate a text value, the second quote is an escape character, and the third quote is the actual value. Note: the use of four quote characters ("""") to refer to a single double quote character (") is somewhat confusing. 12 x 2 24 inches, plus 1 inch, plus 1 divided by 2 25.5 in our example. However, to guard against a hyphen, we hand off the number returned by SUBSTITUTE to the ABS function for reasons explained below. The methodology is to multiply the number of feet by 12, add the number of inches, divide the numerator by the denominator, then add the decimal result to the number of inches. As before, the math operation of addition will convert text value (with a space) to a number automatically, and the formula in B5 will give a final result of 100. The SUBSTITUTE function is configured to replace the double quote (") character with an empty string (""). Also try our Centimeters to Feet and Inches converters or Feet and Inches to Meters. 5, and mixed numbers like '1 1/4' for 1.25. You may use fractions as input in this calcultor, such as '1/2' for. Small as it is, this is one of our most frequently used calculators. SUBSTITUTE ( " 4" "", "" "", "" ) // returns " 4" The results are the total of the feet and inches entered, converted into inches.
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