Hello Nikki,
Assuming data stars on row 6 and column B

1st column (C)
=left(b6,find("-",b6,1)-1)

2nd column (D)
=MID(B6,LEN(C6)+2,FIND("-",B6,LEN(C6)+2)-LEN(C6)-2)

3rd column (E)
=MID(B6,LEN(C6)+LEN(D6)+3,FIND("-",B6,(LEN(C6)+LEN(D6)+3))-(LEN(C6)+LEN(D6)+3))

4th column (F)
=RIGHT(B6,LEN(B6)-(LEN(C6)+LEN(D6)+LEN(E6)+3))

hth
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regards from Brazil
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Marcelo



"Nikki" escreveu:

I am trying to extract the characters prior to the "-" but using the left,
mid, or right formula I am required to specify the exact number of
characters. In this case, the "-" is inconsistent on each row. Please help -
I am sure it is something simple but can't seem to find it.

WS1-GREdf-7R22ddd-MWS
WSde-GREa-7R25a-MWSad
WS-GREdfdd-7R32ada-ddddMWS
WSa-GRE-7PC7a-MWSddd

Goal is to easily get WS1 in one column, GREdf in the second, 7R22ddd in the
third, and MWS in the last column. However, each row has more or less
characters prior to each "-".

thanks