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jason2444
 
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"Toppers" wrote:

Try this in any spare column, assumin data strts in A1 and copy down

=LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,";","/",3),FIND("/",SUBSTITUTE(A1,";","/",3),1)-1)

HTH

"jason2444" wrote:

have a data sheet in one column the cell contains data like this
V8; 5.7; gas;CARB;4BBL;N;J;
V8; 5.7; diesel;CARB;4BBL;N;J;
I need to grab everything to the left of the 3rd ; ie. V8; 5.7; gas

any suggestions?