Hi,

I need to remove the last 4 characters of value (b1).
I also need to remove all preceeding characters except the last 4 characters
of a value (c1)
Each value is of a different lenght.

IE

a1= 1234567890 (original value)
b1=123456
c1=7890

Thanks in advance,

AW

=right(a1,4) returns the last 4 digits but how do I get the text preceeding
the last 4 please?

"ArcticWolf" wrote:

Hi,

I need to remove the last 4 characters of value (b1).
I also need to remove all preceeding characters except the last 4 characters
of a value (c1)
Each value is of a different lenght.

IE

a1= 1234567890 (original value)
b1=123456
c1=7890

Thanks in advance,

AW

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

"ArcticWolf" wrote in message
...
=right(a1,4) returns the last 4 digits but how do I get the text
preceeding
the last 4 please?

"ArcticWolf" wrote:

Hi,

I need to remove the last 4 characters of value (b1).
I also need to remove all preceeding characters except the last 4
characters
of a value (c1)
Each value is of a different lenght.

IE

a1= 1234567890 (original value)
b1=123456
c1=7890

Thanks in advance,

AW

Thanks for the swift reply Stephen - works perfect.

"Stephen" wrote:

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

"ArcticWolf" wrote in message
...
=right(a1,4) returns the last 4 digits but how do I get the text
preceeding
the last 4 please?

"ArcticWolf" wrote:

Hi,

I need to remove the last 4 characters of value (b1).
I also need to remove all preceeding characters except the last 4
characters
of a value (c1)
Each value is of a different lenght.

IE

a1= 1234567890 (original value)
b1=123456
c1=7890

Thanks in advance,

AW

Not sure if I have understood this right but you could try this:

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

This will remove the last 4 characters from your cell

"ArcticWolf" wrote:

=right(a1,4) returns the last 4 digits but how do I get the text preceeding
the last 4 please?

"ArcticWolf" wrote:

Hi,

I need to remove the last 4 characters of value (b1).
I also need to remove all preceeding characters except the last 4 characters
of a value (c1)
Each value is of a different lenght.

IE

a1= 1234567890 (original value)
b1=123456
c1=7890

Thanks in advance,

AW

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:26:00 -0800, ArcticWolf
wrote:

Hi,

I need to remove the last 4 characters of value (b1).
I also need to remove all preceeding characters except the last 4 characters
of a value (c1)
Each value is of a different lenght.

IE

a1= 1234567890 (original value)
b1=123456
c1=7890

Thanks in advance,

AW

B1: =RIGHT(A1,4)
or =MOD(A1,10000)

C1: =LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-4)
or =INT(A1/10000)

The TEXT formula will return an error if LEN(A1) is not 4; the Math formula
will return a "0" in that case.

It's not clear what result you want in those instances.

--ron