Try this:

For text in A1

B1: =IF(COUNTIF(A1,"*-*"),LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1),A1)

If the text in A1 contains a dash (-), the formula takes the characters
to the left of the dash. Otherwise, it takes all of the text.

Does that help?

Regards,
Ron


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