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Excel sheet for data, Dataformat Error for character "-"
Most of the entries on this column on the Excel sheet are actual decimal numbers, but a lot just have the character "-". I would like to make this 0 instead of "-". Is there an easy to...
Hi billymild, please use "Replace Value" to change the "-" to "0". You will find this function on the menu bar.
Hi billymild, please use "Replace Value" to change the "-" to "0". You will find this function on the menu bar.
I tried that at first and it doesn't recognize the "-" as a value.
That's because your column type is numerical. Load it as a text column, do the replacement, then convert it to a numerical column.
