Some one may have done this but I am looking at working out palindromes on
excel and I am stuck at the first stage. I need to reverse a number value,
example 12 is 21.

Here is an example of a palindrome

87+78=165
165+561=726
726+627=1353
1353+3531=4884

You could use this User Defined Function (UDF)
Open the VB Editor (ALT+F11), InsertModule, and paste this code in the code
window.
You can now use the function from your worksheet

' ================================
Function ReverseNumber(a As String) As Long
Dim i As Long
Dim b As String
For i = Len(a) To 1 Step -1
b = b + Mid$(a, i, 1)
Next i
ReverseNumber = b
End Function
' ================================


--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Derek" wrote in message
...
Some one may have done this but I am looking at working out palindromes on
excel and I am stuck at the first stage. I need to reverse a number value,
example 12 is 21.

Here is an example of a palindrome

87+78=165
165+561=726
726+627=1353
1353+3531=4884

But if you only need a formula then
=SUMPRODUCT(--(MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)),(10^(ROW(I NDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))))))/10
where cell A1 holds the value to be transposed/swapped
So 561 in A1 will become 165



"Niek Otten" wrote in message
...
You could use this User Defined Function (UDF)
Open the VB Editor (ALT+F11), InsertModule, and paste this code in the
code window.
You can now use the function from your worksheet

' ================================
Function ReverseNumber(a As String) As Long
Dim i As Long
Dim b As String
For i = Len(a) To 1 Step -1
b = b + Mid$(a, i, 1)
Next i
ReverseNumber = b
End Function
' ================================


--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Derek" wrote in message
...
Some one may have done this but I am looking at working out palindromes
on
excel and I am stuck at the first stage. I need to reverse a number
value,
example 12 is 21.

Here is an example of a palindrome

87+78=165
165+561=726
726+627=1353
1353+3531=4884

Try this,
Enter with Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Enter the number you want to reverse into cell "A1" and then enter the
following array formula into cell "B1".

=SUM(VALUE(MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1))* 10^(ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1)))-1))Eamon"Derek" wrote in ... Some one may have done this but I am looking at working out palindromes on excel and I am stuck at the first stage. I need to reverse a number value, example 12 is 21. Here is an example of a palindrome 87+78=165 165+561=726 726+627=1353 1353+3531=4884

Try this,
Enter with Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Enter the number you want to reverse into cell "A1" and then enter the
following array formula into cell "B1".

=SUM(VALUE(MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1))* 10^(ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1)))-1))Eamon"Derek" wrote ... Some onemay have done this but I am looking at working out palindromes on excel andI am stuck at the first stage. I need to reverse a number value, example 12is 21. Here is an example of a palindrome 87+78=165 165+561=726726+627=1353 1353+3531=4884

Very clever! I'm afraid I'll never get the hang of SUMPRODUCT formulas,
especially those with "--"
I used to have a colleague who said "You call that clever? That's a brain
defect!" <g

--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

"N Harkawat" <nharkawat@hotmail_dot_com wrote in message
...
But if you only need a formula then
=SUMPRODUCT(--(MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)),(10^(ROW(I NDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))))))/10
where cell A1 holds the value to be transposed/swapped
So 561 in A1 will become 165



"Niek Otten" wrote in message
...
You could use this User Defined Function (UDF)
Open the VB Editor (ALT+F11), InsertModule, and paste this code in the
code window.
You can now use the function from your worksheet

' ================================
Function ReverseNumber(a As String) As Long
Dim i As Long
Dim b As String
For i = Len(a) To 1 Step -1
b = b + Mid$(a, i, 1)
Next i
ReverseNumber = b
End Function
' ================================


--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Derek" wrote in message
...
Some one may have done this but I am looking at working out palindromes
on
excel and I am stuck at the first stage. I need to reverse a number
value,
example 12 is 21.

Here is an example of a palindrome

87+78=165
165+561=726
726+627=1353
1353+3531=4884

Maybe another vba option:

Function PalindromeAdd(n)
PalindromeAdd = n + StrReverse(CStr(n))
End Function

?PalindromeAdd(1353)
4884

It's too bad they don't follow a pattern that Excel can take advantage of.
A two digit number like "ab" can be written as
(10*a + b)
So,
(10*a + b) + (10*b + a)

equals
11*(a + b)

So, a number like 87 can be calculated as:
?11*(8+7)
165

But for larger numbers, it gets too complicated, afaik.
For example, a 4 digit number "abcd" would be: 1001*(a+d) + 110*(b + c)
--
Dana DeLouis
Win XP & Office 2003


"Niek Otten" wrote in message
...
You could use this User Defined Function (UDF)
Open the VB Editor (ALT+F11), InsertModule, and paste this code in the
code window.
You can now use the function from your worksheet

' ================================
Function ReverseNumber(a As String) As Long
Dim i As Long
Dim b As String
For i = Len(a) To 1 Step -1
b = b + Mid$(a, i, 1)
Next i
ReverseNumber = b
End Function
' ================================


--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Derek" wrote in message
...
Some one may have done this but I am looking at working out palindromes
on
excel and I am stuck at the first stage. I need to reverse a number
value,
example 12 is 21.

Here is an example of a palindrome

87+78=165
165+561=726
726+627=1353
1353+3531=4884