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extracting string from value in cell
In A3 enter this
= LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-LEN(A2))
Chrissy.
solo_razor wrote
hello,
I want to extract a text from text within a cell.
example:
cel a1 contains c:\windows\desktop\new\testing.xls
cel a2 contains this formula:
=MID(a1,FIND("*",SUBSTITUTE(a1,"\","*",LEN(a1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(a1,"\",""))))+1,LEN(a1))
Cel a2 has now as value : testing.xls
in cell a3 i want to get the c:\windows\desktop\new\ text
Can anybody help
regards,
Niek
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