find the last occurance of a character in a cell
On Apr 3, 4:28*pm, "T. Valko" wrote:
Try this...
All on one line.
=FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",
"^^",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))))
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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP
"Tonso" wrote in message
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I can use the Find function to find the 1st occurance of a charater in
a cell. But, how to i find the last occurence of a character. in this
case, the i am looking for " ", or <space. The length of the string
can vary, and the number of spaces can vary also.
example:
"Get dog food * * * * * *55"
There are 14 spaces (1+1+12). i am intersted in the location of the
last, or 14th, space, the one that precedes the number 5
Thanks,
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Don, Biff, Paul,
Thank you all so very much! I do not know what I would do without this
group. You all increase the value of Excel many times over!!
Thansk again,
Tonso
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