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=LEFT(cell reference,4)

"Shannon" wrote:

Hi!

I am trying to reference a cell that contains data such as "ABCD - Text". I
would like to find a formula that would reference the cell but only take the
"ABCD" (the first 4 characters).

Any help would be wonderful!

Thanks!
Shannon