On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:35:49 -0600, Alan wrote:

I have a text file report that is not customizable. I import that into
Excel. There is a field where relevant data ends after the colon
character ":". Can someone help me with a formula I can put in column C
that evaluates the corresponding cell in column B and brings back all
text to the left of the colon mark?


Examples:
Column B

freddy: 45345 sldf
jeff: 45422 fdflh
sam: bfd4454

In this case I want to return the characters to the left of the colon:
freddy
jeff
sam

Thanks in Advance!
Alan

Assuming the fields are in columns, you can use the Data/Text to Columns wizard
and use the colon as the delimiter. (Select Other and type in a colon : in the
box next to it).


--ron