Harlan,

I think that you may have meant:

=REPLACE(A1,4,0,"-")

to insert the hyphen after the third character not the second.

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Sandy
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and the crowning place of kings


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"Harlan Grove" wrote in message
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Pete_UK wrote...
One way:

=LEFT(A1,3)&"-"&RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3))
...

Shorter, simpler, more efficient to use

=REPLACE(A1,3,0,"-")