Cut Numbers Problem

[GER9999]

Not exactly new to Excel but since retiring 5 yrs ago everything I kne
(which wasn't much) has gone out the back door. I have researched thi
site and seen this question pop up in many ways but none of th
solutions given work for what I am trying to do. So I will explain wha
I am doing and maybe that will help.

Here is what I am trying to do.

I listen to shortwave radio. I copy cut number Morse code stations. Cu
numbers are numbers that have been shortened so it doesn't take as muc
time to send them. To cut a long story short (pun intended) shor
letters are used to represent numbers. Example:

A=1 N=2 D=3 U=4 W=5 R=6 I=7 G=8 M=9 T=0 (Those letters are chose
because they are short and easy to send.)

So to send the five number group 87390
I would send GIDMT

So as I sit at my desk in front of my radio copying these number
(always in groups of five) it looks like this.

AMITU RIMWD NIMTA UNDWR TIWDA (and so on)

By now you have guessed where I am going. I want to copy five letter
per cell, hit tab and copy the next five letters.......then whe
finished or even as I type I want the letters to convert to the number
they represent.

Thanks for helping if you can. By the way, do you think this could b
done in MS Word instead of Excel?

GER999

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

Not exactly new to Excel but since retiring 5 yrs ago everything I knew
(which wasn't much) has gone out the back door. I have researched this
site and seen this question pop up in many ways but none of the
solutions given work for what I am trying to do. So I will explain what
I am doing and maybe that will help.

Here is what I am trying to do.

I listen to shortwave radio. I copy cut number Morse code stations. Cut
numbers are numbers that have been shortened so it doesn't take as much
time to send them. To cut a long story short (pun intended) short
letters are used to represent numbers. Example:

A=1 N=2 D=3 U=4 W=5 R=6 I=7 G=8 M=9 T=0 (Those letters are chosen
because they are short and easy to send.)

So to send the five number group 87390
I would send GIDMT

So as I sit at my desk in front of my radio copying these numbers
(always in groups of five) it looks like this.

AMITU RIMWD NIMTA UNDWR TIWDA (and so on)

By now you have guessed where I am going. I want to copy five letters
per cell, hit tab and copy the next five letters.......then when
finished or even as I type I want the letters to convert to the numbers
they represent.

Thanks for helping if you can. By the way, do you think this could be
done in MS Word instead of Excel?

GER9999

To convert that five character string of letters, into a number, can be done with a formula.
With your five character string in A1,

=SUMPRODUCT(MATCH(MID(A1,{1,2,3,4,5},1),$I$1:$I$10,0)-1,10^{4,3,2,1,0})

where I1:I10 contain the letters above in the order matching zero to nine. In other words, T comes first.

T
A
V
D
U
W
R
I
G
M

For your other requirements.
As far as I know, it is not possible to convert the letters as you type them.
If you want the letters to be replaced after you tab to the next cell, you will need an event triggered VBA macro. Is that necessary?
I'd guess it's possible in Word using a macro.

 

[GER9999]

;1603586']On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:19:12 +0000, GER999

Not exactly new to Excel but since retiring 5 yrs ago everything knew
(which wasn't much) has gone out the back door. I have researche this
site and seen this question pop up in many ways but none of the
solutions given work for what I am trying to do. So I will explai what
I am doing and maybe that will help.

Here is what I am trying to do.

I listen to shortwave radio. I copy cut number Morse code stations Cut
numbers are numbers that have been shortened so it doesn't take a much
time to send them. To cut a long story short (pun intended) short
letters are used to represent numbers. Example:

A=1 N=2 D=3 U=4 W=5 R=6 I=7 G=8 M=9 T=0 (Those letters are chosen
because they are short and easy to send.)

So to send the five number group 87390
I would send GIDMT

So as I sit at my desk in front of my radio copying these numbers
(always in groups of five) it looks like this.

AMITU RIMWD NIMTA UNDWR TIWDA (and so on)

By now you have guessed where I am going. I want to copy five letters
per cell, hit tab and copy the next five letters.......then when
finished or even as I type I want the letters to convert to th numbers
they represent.

Thanks for helping if you can. By the way, do you think this could be
done in MS Word instead of Excel?

GER9999-

To convert that five character string of letters, into a number, can b
done with a formula.
With your five character string in A1,

=SUMPRODUCT(MATCH(MID(A1,{1,2,3,4,5},1),$I$1:$I$10,0)-1,10^{4,3,2,1,0})

where I1:I10 contain the letters above in the order matching zero t
nine. In other words, T comes first.

T
A
V
D
U
W
R
I
G
M

For your other requirements.
As far as I know, it is not possible to convert the letters as you typ
them.
If you want the letters to be replaced after you tab to the next cell
you will need an event triggered VBA macro. Is that necessary?
I'd guess it's possible in Word using a macro.

Thanks Ron I will give that a try. I don't need the change to tak
place as I type in the same cell. Another location is fine

 

[GER9999]

I am having trouble with this part of your suggestion:

where I1:I10 contain the letters above

Where is I1:I10 in the formula you gave? I'm lost as to where to pu
the letters T,A,N,D,U,W,R,I,G,M

;1603586']On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:19:12 +0000, GER999

Not exactly new to Excel but since retiring 5 yrs ago everything knew
(which wasn't much) has gone out the back door. I have researche this
site and seen this question pop up in many ways but none of the
solutions given work for what I am trying to do. So I will explai what
I am doing and maybe that will help.

Here is what I am trying to do.

I listen to shortwave radio. I copy cut number Morse code stations Cut
numbers are numbers that have been shortened so it doesn't take a much
time to send them. To cut a long story short (pun intended) short
letters are used to represent numbers. Example:

A=1 N=2 D=3 U=4 W=5 R=6 I=7 G=8 M=9 T=0 (Those letters are chosen
because they are short and easy to send.)

So to send the five number group 87390
I would send GIDMT

So as I sit at my desk in front of my radio copying these numbers
(always in groups of five) it looks like this.

AMITU RIMWD NIMTA UNDWR TIWDA (and so on)

By now you have guessed where I am going. I want to copy five letters
per cell, hit tab and copy the next five letters.......then when
finished or even as I type I want the letters to convert to th numbers
they represent.

Thanks for helping if you can. By the way, do you think this could be
done in MS Word instead of Excel?

GER9999-

To convert that five character string of letters, into a number, can b
done with a formula.
With your five character string in A1,

=SUMPRODUCT(MATCH(MID(A1,{1,2,3,4,5},1),$I$1:$I$10,0)-1,10^{4,3,2,1,0})

where I1:I10 contain the letters above in the order matching zero t
nine. In other words, T comes first.

T
A
V
D
U
W
R
I
G
M

For your other requirements.
As far as I know, it is not possible to convert the letters as you typ
them.
If you want the letters to be replaced after you tab to the next cell
you will need an event triggered VBA macro. Is that necessary?
I'd guess it's possible in Word using a macro

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

I am having trouble with this part of your suggestion:

where I1:I10 contain the letters above

Where is I1:I10 in the formula you gave?

=SUMPRODUCT(MATCH(MID(A1,{1,2,3,4,5},1),$I$1:$I$10,0)-1,10^{4,3,2,1,0})


$I$1:$I$10 refers to those cells using the Absolute Reference mode. See HELP for Absolute Reference for discussion as to different addressing modes. There is relative, mixed, and absolute.

I'm lost as to where to put
the letters T,A,N,D,U,W,R,I,G,M

Assuming you are using the A1 cell referencing mode, I1 refers to a particular cell on the sheet. It is the cell located in Column I / Row 1

So navigate to cell I1 and enter T.

I1: T
I2: A
I3: V
I4: D
I5: U
I6: W
I7: R
I8: I
I9: G
I10: M

You can put those letters in any ten contiguous cells that are in the same column.
You could also substitute the range reference in the formula with an array constant. I thought it was simpler to put the letters in a column than hard code them into the formula, but you could certainly do the latter:

=SUMPRODUCT(MATCH(MID(A1,{1,2,3,4,5},1),{"T";"A";"V";"D";"U";"W";"R";"I";"G";"M"},0)-1,10^{4,3,2,1,0})

Again, this assumes your 5 letter group is in A1. You will need to change the A1 reference depending on where your group is actually located.