extract word before /
Hello I want to extract the word or words before the " /" example the
cell reads University of Texas/TX so I need to extract University of Texas . I tried right and left functions but it does not work. the cells always has the name of the university then / initials of the state thanks in advance |
extract word before /
=search("/",a1)
will give you the position of the slash. So =left(a1,search("/",a1)-1) will give you the stuff before the slash. If there's a chance that you don't have slashes in the data, you could use: =left(a1,search("/",a1&"/")-1) It'll avoid the error. Wanna Learn wrote: Hello I want to extract the word or words before the " /" example the cell reads University of Texas/TX so I need to extract University of Texas . I tried right and left functions but it does not work. the cells always has the name of the university then / initials of the state thanks in advance -- Dave Peterson |
extract word before /
How about this?
=LEFT(A2,FIND("/",A2)-1) -- Best Regards, Luke M *Remember to click "yes" if this post helped you!* "Wanna Learn" wrote: Hello I want to extract the word or words before the " /" example the cell reads University of Texas/TX so I need to extract University of Texas . I tried right and left functions but it does not work. the cells always has the name of the university then / initials of the state thanks in advance |
extract word before /
hi
if the cells always has the name of the university then / initials of the state, try text to columns using the back slash as a delimiter. on the 03 menu bardatatext to columnsfollow the wizard. Regards FSt1 "Wanna Learn" wrote: Hello I want to extract the word or words before the " /" example the cell reads University of Texas/TX so I need to extract University of Texas . I tried right and left functions but it does not work. the cells always has the name of the university then / initials of the state thanks in advance |
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