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You could do a right align (highlight column) and then under DATA select
"Text To Columns". select the option "fixed with" click "next" click in the
data preview area where you want to cut off (last two numbers) click next.
In the data preview area select the side of the data that you do not want
(left side) click on the "do not import column (skip)" option. Click on the
right side; click the "text" option and then "Finish"



"SCW" wrote:

Is there a way to get rid of all the numbers except the last 2. The number
lengths vary from 6 to 8 digits?

Thanks

"Paul Sheppard" wrote:


If the numbers have varying numbers of characters you could use the
following formula to get rid of the 0's

If the number is in cell A1 then in cell B1 enter =MID(A1,1,LEN(A1)-2)

If the number is 01234500 it will return the value 012345

If the number is 012345678900 it will return the value 012456789

Paul


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