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Default Format of Postcodes

Thanks people I thought I was having (another) elderly moment!!

"Mike H" wrote:

It doesn't do it on my machine and If it does on yours then I'm confused!!
All it does is concatenate the 6 digit postcode with spaces. Any chance of a
paste of what it looks like.

Mike

"pseudonym" wrote:

Why does this put a square symbol in the newly-created space?




On 18 May, 12:21, Mike H wrote:
My solution for the 6 digit codes slightly different than your for the 7
digit ones but try this:-

=IF(LEN(A1)=7,REPLACE(A1,LEN(A1)-2,0,REPT(" ",8-LEN(A1))),LEFT(A1,2)&"
"&MID(A1,3,1)&" "&MID(A1,4,3))

Mike

"pseudonym" wrote:
I have a formula, but it does not quite meet with my needs.

=REPLACE(A1,LEN(A1)-2,0,REPT(" ",8-LEN(A1)))

gives the result:

Eg:
AB19PQ
PE548YT

Changes it to:
AB1 9PQ
PE54 8YT

The 7-digit postcode is spaced correctly, but I would like an extra
space to appear in the 6-digit postcode i.e. AB 1 9PQ

Any ideas?

Thanks.