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Jammin2082
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Jul 21, 2022
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Translating Morse code in Excel

Hi,

 

I am working on a Morse code translator in Excel with my son. I want to get rid of the FALSE messages in the cell. Can anyone help me?

 

In Morse code the dots are represented with "." and the dashes are represented with "\". The formula we have come up with is:

 

=IF(B3=".\","A",IF(B3="\...","B",IF(B3="\.\.","C",IF(B3="\..","D",IF(B3=".","E",IF(B3="..\.","F",IF(B3="\\.","G")))))))&IF(B3="….","H",IF(B3="..","I",IF(B3=".\\\","J",IF(B3="\.\","K",IF(B3=".\..","L",IF(B3="\\","M",IF(B3="\.","N")))))))&IF(B3="\\\","O",IF(B3=".\\.","P",IF(B3="\\.\","Q",IF(B3=".\.","R",IF(B3="…","S",IF(B3="\","T",IF(B3="..\","U")))))))&IF(B3="…\","V",IF(B3=".\\","W",IF(B3="\..\","X",IF(B3="\.\\","Y",IF(B3="\\..","Z")))))

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  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    SergeiBaklan
    Jul 21, 2022

    Jammin2082 

    Perhaps

    =
IF(B3=".\",    "A",
IF(B3="\...",   "B",
IF(B3="\.\.",   "C",
IF(B3="\..",    "D",
IF(B3=".",      "E",
IF(B3="..\.",   "F",
IF(B3="\\.",    "G",
IF(B3="….",     "H",
IF(B3="..",     "I",
IF(B3=".\\\",   "J",
IF(B3="\.\",    "K",
IF(B3=".\..",   "L",
IF(B3="\\",     "M",
IF(B3="\.",     "N",
IF(B3="\\\",    "O",
IF(B3=".\\.",   "P",
IF(B3="\\.\",   "Q",
IF(B3=".\.",    "R",
IF(B3="…",      "S",
IF(B3="\",      "T",
IF(B3="..\",    "U",
IF(B3="…\",     "V",
IF(B3=".\\",    "W",
IF(B3="\..\",   "X",
IF(B3="\.\\",   "Y",
IF(B3="\\..",   "Z", "error")
)))))))))))))))))))))))))
  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    SergeiBaklan
    MVP
    Jul 21, 2022

    Jammin2082 

    Perhaps

    =
IF(B3=".\",    "A",
IF(B3="\...",   "B",
IF(B3="\.\.",   "C",
IF(B3="\..",    "D",
IF(B3=".",      "E",
IF(B3="..\.",   "F",
IF(B3="\\.",    "G",
IF(B3="….",     "H",
IF(B3="..",     "I",
IF(B3=".\\\",   "J",
IF(B3="\.\",    "K",
IF(B3=".\..",   "L",
IF(B3="\\",     "M",
IF(B3="\.",     "N",
IF(B3="\\\",    "O",
IF(B3=".\\.",   "P",
IF(B3="\\.\",   "Q",
IF(B3=".\.",    "R",
IF(B3="…",      "S",
IF(B3="\",      "T",
IF(B3="..\",    "U",
IF(B3="…\",     "V",
IF(B3=".\\",    "W",
IF(B3="\..\",   "X",
IF(B3="\.\\",   "Y",
IF(B3="\\..",   "Z", "error")
)))))))))))))))))))))))))

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