How to count (identify) and change decimal place in Excel?
This article will show you the way to count and identify the decimal place of a number, and ways to change decimal place in a given range or the whole worksheet.
Supposing we will count and change the decimal places of numbers in the given Column A, see the following screenshot:
Count and identify the decimal place of a number
Change the decimal place in a given range
Change the decimal place in the whole worksheet
Add decimal point in a specific place with Kutools for Excel
Count and identify the decimal place of a number
Sometimes there are numbers containing various amount of decimal place, and you may want to count the digitals and show in a cell. You can do it with following steps:
In a blank cell, saying the Cell B2, enter the formula of =IF(A2=INT(A2),0,LEN(MID(A2-INT(A2),FIND(".",A2,1),LEN(A2)-FIND(".",A2,1)))), and press the Enter key.
Then it returns the decimal place in the Cell B2. In this case, it shows 5. Now you can get the decimal place of other numbers with copying and pasting this formula to corresponding cells.
Change the decimal place in a given range
You can change the decimal place for many numbers in a given range with following steps:
Step 1: Select the numbers you will change their decimal place. In this case, select the range of A2:A6.
Step 2: Click the Decrease Decimal button or Increase Decimal button in the Number group under Home tab.
Step 3: Then the decimal place of numbers in the selection are changed and unified to same decimal place. See the following screenshot:
You can also change and unify the decimal place of numbers with Format Cells by right clicking the selection.
Step 1: Select the range that you want to change, and right click.
Step 2: Choose Format Cells from the context menu, and in the Format Cells dialog box, click Number from the Category list, and enter the decimal places that you need. See screenshot:
Step 3: Then click OK. And the decimal places have been changed to what you want.
Change the decimal place in a given range
This method will help you change the default decimal place for the whole worksheet.
Step 1: Click the File > Options in Excel 2010; and click the Office Button > Excel Options in Excel 2007;
Step 2: In the Excel Options dialog box, click the Advanced button in left bar.
Step 3: Go to the Editing options section.
Step 4: Check the Automatically insert a decimal point option, and enter a number in the Places box.
Step 5: Click OK to confirm and save the changes. Now the default decimal place is changed.
Step 6: When you input the number 1234, it will become 12.34 automatically, if the default decimal place is 2.
By the way, if you enter the number of 16.25893, it will shows as 16.25893, but not 16.26.
Add decimal point in a specific place with Kutools for Excel
If you have a list of values, and now you want to add the decimal point in a specific locations, for instance, to put the decimal after second character of each values as below screenshot shown, how can you solve it quickly in Excel?
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With Kutools for Excel, you can add any characters to any place of a string in a list by applying its Add Text utility.
After free installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:
1. Select the values you want to add decimal point in a same location, and click Kutools > Text > Add Text. See screenshot:
2. In then Add Text dialog, type the decimal point into Text box, and check Specify option, and type the location you want to add text after, here I want to add decimal point after second character, you can view the results in right pane. See screenshot:
3. Click Ok or Apply, then the decimal point has added into a specific location of each values.
With Add Text utility, you also can add specific character to multiple specific place of a string in once time.
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