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using XL 2003.

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If you want to get rid of the rightmost 4 characters from cell A1, for
example, use this:

=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-4)

Hope this helps.

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That did it...thanks!!

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On Jul 25, 11:08 am, Pete_UK wrote:
If you want to get rid of the rightmost 4 characters from cell A1, for
example, use this:

=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-4)

Hope this helps.

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You're welcome - thanks for feeding back.

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That did it...thanks!!

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If you want to get rid of the rightmost 4 characters from cell A1, for
example, use this:


=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-4)


Hope this helps.


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