With the 1.2K (etc) in A1, use
=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-1)*IF(RIGHT(A1)="K",1000,IF(RIGHT(A1)="M",1000000, IF(RIGHT(A1)="B",1000000000,0)))
I am assuming you are in US and B=1E9 not 1E12
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Set up a table with numbers reading like this:
1.2K 1.5M 1.8B

How can I get Excel to replace the K (or M or B) with K equaling thousand
(M
equaling million and B equaling billion) to times the number it is using.

in other words, trying to convert 1.2K in the cell say 1,200. Is this
possible? And do I make sense? Thanks for your help ahead of time.