Dear Group, The winner of this puzzle has been selected as Manoj. His formula is shortest and working very well. The formula is =MONTH(1&A1). I will publish the same on the blog with his name.
Congratulations Manoj ! Thank you all for participating! The new puzzle is on the way....STAY TUNED . Thanks & Best Regards, Ayush Jain Group Manager & Microsoft MVP On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Paul Schreiner <schreiner_p...@att.net>wrote: > given the string is in Cell A1, > use: > > = MONTH("01-"&LEFT(A1,3)) > > Paul > > ------------------------------ > *From:* ayush jain <jainayus...@gmail.com> > > *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Thu, January 6, 2011 1:26:42 AM > > *Subject:* Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Excel Puzzle of the week > > there was Typo in example...its Decem to 12 > > Submit your answer now. :D > > Thnx again. > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Ayush <jainayus...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear members, >> >> There is a excel puzzle for you. Let see who all can give the answer >> correctly. >> >> There is a data of [month] in excel with no fixed length , minimum three >> characters, text format. You need to develop formula (Not Macro) which can >> convert it into number. >> For example >> Jan to 1 >> March to 3 >> Apr to 4. >> Decem to 5. >> & so on. >> >> The best formula(short & relevant) & winner name will be published on >> exceldailytip.blogspot.com blog of this group. >> >> Let see who is the first and who is the winner. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Best Regards, >> Ayush Jain >> Group Manager & Microsoft MVP >> >> -- >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Some important links for excel users: >> 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : >> http://twitter.com/exceldailytip >> 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 >> 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com >> 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com >> 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com >> >> To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com >> >> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/discussexcelcom/160307843985936?v=wall&ref=ts >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Ayush Jain > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/pages/discussexcelcom/160307843985936?v=wall&ref=ts > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/pages/discussexcelcom/160307843985936?v=wall&ref=ts > -- Best regards, Ayush Jain -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/pages/discussexcelcom/160307843985936?v=wall&ref=ts