Hi, looking for way to omit characters (numbers) in custom format where
examples might be: 1.5M 1.5B and/or 1.51BM 1.51B thanks.

to allow something like?: (not sure what correct version should be)
#,##0? ("?" for any alpha-character)
0?
#?

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