Feet Inches Sixteenths (FIS) Calculator Jun 2021

Building a Feet Inches Sixteenths (FIS) Calculator in Excel
From a few years back … and recently updated.

My approach was simply:

  • transform entries from FIS to decimal format
  • do the math operations
  • transform the results to FIS format

In the illustrated portion of this spreadsheet, the user can enter an FIS value, factor it (up, down, zero, negative, positive), produce a running sum of those entries. Red cells are user entries, blue cells are calculated.

Screenshot
Entering Fractions

' NOTES
'
' This excerpt is taken from my Excel VBA project code
'
' This subroutine is activated by any change to the worksheet
' 
' In a certain range of cells, named "Fraction Groups" (see Column E), 
' the user enters the fractional portion of a measurement without a slash
' 
' EXAMPLE 1
' To represent the fraction 1/2, the user types: 12 Enter
' A subroutine converts the integer 12 to a formula reading "= 1/2"
'
' EXAMPLE 2A
' To represent the fraction 3/16, the user types: 316 Enter
' A subroutine converts the integer 316 to a formula reading "= 3/16"
'
' EXAMPLE 2B
' To represent the fraction 3/16, the user types: 3 Enter
' A subroutine converts the integer 3 to a formula reading "= 3/16"
'
' The obvious benefit is an easy and definite entry of fractions without having to enter the slash
' Entering a slash in Excel typically triggers date entry mode -- not what I wanted
' 
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)
Dim isect As Range
Set isect = Application.Intersect(Target, Range("Fraction_Groups"))
If Not (isect Is Nothing) Then
    For Each cell In isect
    cellVal = cell.Value
        If cell.HasFormula = False And cellVal <> 0 And _
                             (cellVal - Int(cellVal)) = 0 Then
            Select Case cellVal
                'sixteenths (odd) no denominator
                Case 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15
                    cell.Formula = "= " & Str(cellVal) & " / 16"
                'fourths and eighths
                Case 18, 14, 38, 12, 58, 34, 78, 28, 48, 68
                    cell.Formula = "= " & Str(Int(cellVal / 10)) & " / " & _
                                   Str(cellVal - Int(cellVal / 10) * 10)
                'sixteenths (all)
                Case 116, 216, 316, 416, 516, 616, 716, 816, _
                     916, 1016, 1116, 1216, 1316, 1416, 1516
                    cell.Formula = "= " & Str(Int(cellVal / 100)) & " / " & _
                                   Str(cellVal - Int(cellVal / 100) * 100)
            End Select
        ElseIf cell.Value = 0 Then
            cell.Formula = ""
        End If
    Next cell
End If
Errors and Warnings
uses conditional formatting
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