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Add text to a column based on text in a different column
I have a long column of 4 character letters that I would like to replace in
another column with 3 characters eg AAA1 to AAA. Is there any type of if statement? |
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Add text to a column based on text in a different column
Maybe...
=left(a1,3) to take just the leftmost 3 characters. Rick@Draper wrote: I have a long column of 4 character letters that I would like to replace in another column with 3 characters eg AAA1 to AAA. Is there any type of if statement? -- Dave Peterson |
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Add text to a column based on text in a different column
In the column that will have the three character version type:
=LEFT(A1,3) Changing A1 to reflect the first cell that your using in the source column. To convert the results to values, select the entire column of LEFT function values, press <Ctrl+C to copy the data. Then click EDIT in the menu and select PASTE SPECIAL and click the VALUES option button. Click OK to complete the paste command. -- Kevin Backmann "Rick@Draper" wrote: I have a long column of 4 character letters that I would like to replace in another column with 3 characters eg AAA1 to AAA. Is there any type of if statement? |
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