Trim Characters Other Than An Empty Space At The End Of A Cell
With data in Column A, try this in B1:
=IF(RIGHT(A1,3)=" - ",LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3),A1)
And copy down as needed.
To remove the formulas and leave the data behind, copy Column B,
then Paste Special, Values, <OK, <Esc.
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HTH,
RD
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"K8_Dog" wrote in message
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In my data, I have some cells that end in " - " (space dash space). I
would
like to delete the space dash space if it is the last thing in the cell. I
would like to keep it if it is in the middle. I know that the TRIM
function
deletes a trailing space, can I edit it to delete a trailing space dash
space? Here's an example:
Mary - poodle
Theo - beagle
Barney -
Jacob - pug
Schmitty -
So, I want "Mary - poodle" to stay the same, and "Barney - " to become
just
"Barney" like this
Mary - poodle
Theo - beagle
Barney
Jacob - pug
Schmitty
Thank you!
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