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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 2, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
We have all seen the ads on TV: "Call 1-800-GET THIS for your set of super-sharp knives." You may be faced with the need to convert phone numbers from the text version (as shown on the ads) to the numbers represented by that text. The following macro, DoPhone, will perform the conversion magic for you:
Sub DoPhone() Dim rngSrc As Range Dim lMax As Long, lCtr As Long Dim J As Integer Dim Phone As String, Digit As String Set rngSrc = ActiveSheet.Range(ActiveWindow.Selection.Address) lMax = rngSrc.Cells.Count For lCtr = 1 To lMax If Not rngSrc.Cells(lCtr).HasFormula Then Phone = rngSrc.Cells(lCtr).Value For J = 1 To Len(Phone) Digit = Ucase(Mid(Phone, J, 1)) Select Case Digit Case "A" To "P" Digit = Chr((Asc(Digit) + 1) \ 3 + 28) Case "Q" Digit = "7" 'May want to change Case "R" To "Y" Digit = Chr(Asc(Digit) \ 3 + 28) Case "Z" Digit = "9" 'May want to change End Select Mid(Phone, J, 1) = Digit Next J rngSrc.Cells(lCtr).Value = Phone End If Next lCtr End Sub
The DoPhone procedure tries to convert the information in any cell that does not contain a formula. All you need to do is select the cell (or cells) you want to convert, and then run the procedure. The result is that any text in the cells are converted to their digit equivalents on a phone. Thus, 598-Tips becomes 598-8477.
You should note one small peculiarity of DoPhone, and you may want to change it. Some phones recognize the letters Q and Z as the digits 7 and 9, respectively. Others simply leave these digits out, or they are converted to 0. DoPhone, as written here, converts these letters to 7 and 9. You can change the appropriate places in the Select Case structure, as desired, so they are changed to numbers according to your needs. (The appropriate places are commented in the listing.)
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2018-01-28 03:24:17
Rick Rothstein
Note the lone "False" on the fourth line up from the bottom of the code I just posted... that actually belongs at the end of the line above it (it got wrapped to the next line because the code line was too long for the field it was displayed in).
2018-01-28 03:19:52
Rick Rothstein
Here is another way to do it which should be a little bit faster, especially for a large selected range (which may also be non-contiguous)...
Sub DoPhone()
Dim X As Long
Const Letters As String = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
Const Numbers As String = "22233344455566677778889999"
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For X = 1 To 26
Selection.Replace Mid(Letters, X, 1), Mid(Numbers, X, 1), xlPart, , False, , False, False
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
2018-01-27 10:31:40
Rick Rothstein
Here is another way to write this article's DoPhone macro which will also handle a non-contiguous selection (which this article's macro won't) in case that feature should be needed.
Sub DoPhone()
Dim X As Long, Txt As String, Cell As Range
Const Nums As String = "22233344455566677778889999"
For Each Cell In Selection
If Not Cell.HasFormula Then
Txt = UCase(Cell.Text)
For X = 1 To Len(Txt)
If Mid(Txt, X, 1) Like "[A-Z]" Then
Mid(Txt, X) = Mid(Nums, Asc(Mid(Txt, X, 1)) - 64, 1)
End If
Next
Cell.Value = Txt
End If
Next
End Sub
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