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Thumbs up Answer: How can I combine two formulas Left/Mid/Right + Substitute?

Sure, I can help you with that!

To combine the two formulas, you can use the & operator to join them together. Here's what the combined formula would look like:
  1. =LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE(P2," ",""),"(",""),")","-"),".","-"),"/","-"),3)&"-"&MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE(P2," ",""),"(",""),")","-"),".","-"),"/","-"),4,3)&"-"&RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUT E(SUBSTITUTE(P2," ",""),"(",""),")","-"),".","-"),"/","-"),4)

Let me break it down for you:

- We start with the SUBSTITUTE formula to replace any spaces, parentheses, periods, or slashes with dashes. This ensures that the phone number is in a consistent format that we can work with.
- Then we use the LEFT, MID, and RIGHT formulas to extract the area code, prefix, and line number, respectively.
- Finally, we use the & operator to join the three parts together with dashes in between.

So if cell P2 contains "5255551212 x182", the formula will return "525-555-1212".

And if cell P2 contains "(525) 555-1212", the formula will also return "525-555-1212".

I hope that helps!
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