Assign Numerical Value to Text Field

Aaron Villaverde
Aaron Villaverde ✭
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Good afternoon, I'm trying to assign a numerical value to a text field. I have classes that staff can select to have us instruct. Each class will have a time assigned to it so class A might be 1 hour and Class B 2 hours. When staff select Class B they will also inform us how many students will attend and I'd like to auto-calculate number of students x hours to get total hours instructed.


Class B 2 hours x 60 students = 120 hours total instruction.


Is there a way to assign a numerical value to each class?

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  • Andrée Starå
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    Hi Aaron,

    Try something like this.You'd continue the same pattern for the different classes.

    =IF([email protected]= "Class B";[email protected]* 60)

    The same version but with the below changes for convenience.

    =IF([email protected]= "Class B",[email protected]* 60)

    Depending on your country/region, you'll need to exchange the comma to a period and the semi-colon to a comma.

    Did that work?

    I hope that helps!

    Be safe and have a fantastic week!

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Try this:<\/p>

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Greetings @brownrobe<\/a>,<\/p>

Here is a possible solution for your formula:<\/p>

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Please confirm I have your column names correct and adjust as needed.<\/p>

I hope this helps, and have a great weekend.<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":322,"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[]}],"initialPaging":{"nextURL":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/api\/v2\/discussions?page=2&categoryID=322&includeChildCategories=1&type%5B0%5D=Question&excludeHiddenCategories=1&sort=-hot&limit=3&expand%5B0%5D=all&expand%5B1%5D=-body&expand%5B2%5D=insertUser&expand%5B3%5D=lastUser&status=accepted","prevURL":null,"currentPage":1,"total":10000,"limit":3},"title":"Trending in Formulas and Functions ","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">

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