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make "F51668H200AU" into "F5166-8H200AU"
I need to add a - after the first 5 digits can get it to work with numbers
but not with letters & numbers |
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make "F51668H200AU" into "F5166-8H200AU"
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=LEFT(A1,5) & "-" & RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-5) -- Gary's Student "fitzu" wrote: I need to add a - after the first 5 digits can get it to work with numbers but not with letters & numbers |
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make "F51668H200AU" into "F5166-8H200AU"
Hi Fitzu, try this =REPLACE(A1,6,0,"-") -- daddylonglegs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ daddylonglegs's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30486 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=570567 |
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make "F51668H200AU" into "F5166-8H200AU"
"Gary''s Student" wrote: Try: =LEFT(A1,5) & "-" & RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-5) -- Gary's Student "fitzu" wrote: I need to add a - after the first 5 digits can get it to work with numbers but not with letters & numbers Hey How abt if I want to do the other way round, get rid of the dash"-" in between? |
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make "F51668H200AU" into "F5166-8H200AU"
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What: - With: nothing Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:35:02 -0700, Cruz wrote: "Gary''s Student" wrote: Try: =LEFT(A1,5) & "-" & RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-5) -- Gary's Student "fitzu" wrote: I need to add a - after the first 5 digits can get it to work with numbers but not with letters & numbers Hey How abt if I want to do the other way round, get rid of the dash"-" in between? |
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make "F51668H200AU" into "F5166-8H200AU"
"fitzu" wrote: I need to add a - after the first 5 digits can get it to work with numbers but not with letters & numbers I have tried both sugestion but i could no get it to work if i did as formula got an error if i tried in formatting did not work . for numbers only I used #####"-"##### is there a wildcard i could use instead for letters or am i inputing the formulas in to the wrong area |
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make "F51668H200AU" into "F5166-8H200AU"
I don't think you can achieve this with formatting, my formula suggestion above involves using that formula in another cell -- daddylonglegs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ daddylonglegs's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30486 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=570567 |
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