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Search A Cell for Certain Letters Then Output a Number
I have a column that has cells containing text. These cells could be in
three different formats. If they start with E, I want to output 50. If they start with SP, I want to output 250. If they start with SPX, I want to output 100. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks Adam |
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Search A Cell for Certain Letters Then Output a Number
Hi Adam:
Try this =IF(LEFT(A1)="E",50,IF(LEFT(A1,3)="SPX",100,IF(LEF T(A1,2)="SP",250,"what to do elsewise?"))) best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email " m wrote in message ... I have a column that has cells containing text. These cells could be in three different formats. If they start with E, I want to output 50. If they start with SP, I want to output 250. If they start with SPX, I want to output 100. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks Adam |
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Search A Cell for Certain Letters Then Output a Number
Assuming your data starts in A1, try this in B1:
=IF(LEFT(A1,1)="E",50,IF(LEFT(A1,3)="SPX",100,IF(L EFT(A1,2)="SP", 250,0))) and copy down the column. This will output 0 if none of the conditions are met. Hope this helps. Pete On Mar 21, 4:23 pm, m wrote: I have a column that has cells containing text. These cells could be in three different formats. If they start with E, I want to output 50. If they start with SP, I want to output 250. If they start with SPX, I want to output 100. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks Adam |
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Search A Cell for Certain Letters Then Output a Number
Thanks a lot for your help guys. That worked perfectly.
Adam "Pete_UK" wrote: Assuming your data starts in A1, try this in B1: =IF(LEFT(A1,1)="E",50,IF(LEFT(A1,3)="SPX",100,IF(L EFT(A1,2)="SP", 250,0))) and copy down the column. This will output 0 if none of the conditions are met. Hope this helps. Pete On Mar 21, 4:23 pm, m wrote: I have a column that has cells containing text. These cells could be in three different formats. If they start with E, I want to output 50. If they start with SP, I want to output 250. If they start with SPX, I want to output 100. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks Adam |
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