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How to format something like 744532451500 into 74-45-32-45-15-00
this so the "-" are added automaticlly Thanks |
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"Dreamstar_1961" wrote: How to format something like 744532ba1500 into 74-45-32-ba-15-00 this so the "-" are added automaticlly Forgot that the text is required in the middle Thanks |
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XL can change teh format on numbers but it can not reformat text as you have
indicated. To do that you will need to use a formual in an adjacent cell something like this... =LEFT(A1, 2) & "-" & MID(A1, 3, 2) & "-" & MID(A1, 5, 2) & "-" & MID(A1, 7, 2) & "-" & MID(A1, 9, 2) & "-" & MID(A1, 11, 2) -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "Dreamstar_1961" wrote: "Dreamstar_1961" wrote: How to format something like 744532ba1500 into 74-45-32-ba-15-00 this so the "-" are added automaticlly Forgot that the text is required in the middle Thanks |
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Assuming that all the strings have the same number of characters (i.e. 12), a
formula like the one below will work. =LEFT(A1,2)&"-"&MID(A1,3,2)&"-"&MID(A1,5,2)&"-"&MID(A1,7,2)&"-"&MID(A1,9,2)&"-"&RIGHT(A1,2) HTH, Eric "Dreamstar_1961" wrote: "Dreamstar_1961" wrote: How to format something like 744532ba1500 into 74-45-32-ba-15-00 this so the "-" are added automaticlly Forgot that the text is required in the middle Thanks |
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