Hi!
I currently have a column with strings (names of animals) and I want to convert each animal name to a number (cow-> 1, zebra->3 etc.) with the numbers being based on an order that I set- meaning I need cow to be 1 and zebra to be 3, I can't just order them in an arbitrary way (sample file attached). What would be the best way to do that using VB?
Also, some of the names have hypens (-) in the string. Not sure if that affects anything, but just letting you know
Technically, I could do a Case Statement but in the complete file I have 32 names, so i didn't feel that writing 32 cases was so efficient...
Please let me know if you have any suggestions!
Thanks so much!
I currently have a column with strings (names of animals) and I want to convert each animal name to a number (cow-> 1, zebra->3 etc.) with the numbers being based on an order that I set- meaning I need cow to be 1 and zebra to be 3, I can't just order them in an arbitrary way (sample file attached). What would be the best way to do that using VB?
Also, some of the names have hypens (-) in the string. Not sure if that affects anything, but just letting you know
Technically, I could do a Case Statement but in the complete file I have 32 names, so i didn't feel that writing 32 cases was so efficient...
Please let me know if you have any suggestions!
Thanks so much!