Thanks for the swift reply Stephen - works perfect.

"Stephen" wrote:

=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-4)

"ArcticWolf" wrote in message
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=right(a1,4) returns the last 4 digits but how do I get the text
preceeding
the last 4 please?

"ArcticWolf" wrote:

Hi,

I need to remove the last 4 characters of value (b1).
I also need to remove all preceeding characters except the last 4
characters
of a value (c1)
Each value is of a different lenght.

IE

a1= 1234567890 (original value)
b1=123456
c1=7890

Thanks in advance,

AW