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Counting # of characters before a certain character
Here is my example:
1 - fksdlafjd 2 - dklsafj 3 - lkdfjad ....... ..... 10 - salkjdfjdsl 11 - dklsafjsdj;lfdf I am trying to grab the beginning # and put it in a different cell. This is the formula that I am trying: =value(left(cell_ref,??????)). This is not working for me. Any other ideas? |
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Counting # of characters before a certain character
Maybe something like this:
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*1 This assumes that the number is always followed by a space and there are no spaces before the number. HTH, Paul -- "NickPro72" wrote in message ... Here is my example: 1 - fksdlafjd 2 - dklsafj 3 - lkdfjad ...... .... 10 - salkjdfjdsl 11 - dklsafjsdj;lfdf I am trying to grab the beginning # and put it in a different cell. This is the formula that I am trying: =value(left(cell_ref,??????)). This is not working for me. Any other ideas? |
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Counting # of characters before a certain character
Try this
=TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1,1)-1)) Drag down. Mike "NickPro72" wrote: Here is my example: 1 - fksdlafjd 2 - dklsafj 3 - lkdfjad ...... .... 10 - salkjdfjdsl 11 - dklsafjsdj;lfdf I am trying to grab the beginning # and put it in a different cell. This is the formula that I am trying: =value(left(cell_ref,??????)). This is not working for me. Any other ideas? |
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Counting # of characters before a certain character
=VALUE(LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1))
-- John C "NickPro72" wrote: Here is my example: 1 - fksdlafjd 2 - dklsafj 3 - lkdfjad ...... .... 10 - salkjdfjdsl 11 - dklsafjsdj;lfdf I am trying to grab the beginning # and put it in a different cell. This is the formula that I am trying: =value(left(cell_ref,??????)). This is not working for me. Any other ideas? |
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Counting # of characters before a certain character
Thank you so much to both of you. That helped out tremendously.
"PCLIVE" wrote: Maybe something like this: =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*1 This assumes that the number is always followed by a space and there are no spaces before the number. HTH, Paul -- "NickPro72" wrote in message ... Here is my example: 1 - fksdlafjd 2 - dklsafj 3 - lkdfjad ...... .... 10 - salkjdfjdsl 11 - dklsafjsdj;lfdf I am trying to grab the beginning # and put it in a different cell. This is the formula that I am trying: =value(left(cell_ref,??????)). This is not working for me. Any other ideas? |
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