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I'm currently using the following formula: =TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1)) How would I write this so that if the referred to cell is blank then the cell I have the formula in shows blank instead of an error? Thanks Jim |
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==IF(A1="","",TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1)))
"Jim" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm currently using the following formula: =TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1)) How would I write this so that if the referred to cell is blank then the cell I have the formula in shows blank instead of an error? Thanks Jim |
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=IF(ISERR(FIND("-",A1)),"",LEFT(A1,FIND("-",TRIM(A1))-1)) -- Don Guillett Microsoft MVP Excel SalesAid Software "Jim" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm currently using the following formula: =TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1)) How would I write this so that if the referred to cell is blank then the cell I have the formula in shows blank instead of an error? Thanks Jim |
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=IF(A1="","",TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1)))
If you want to trap for cell contents not including a hyphen, you may prefer =IF(ISNUMBER(FIND("-",A1)),TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1)),"") -- David Biddulph "Jim" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm currently using the following formula: =TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1)) How would I write this so that if the referred to cell is blank then the cell I have the formula in shows blank instead of an error? Thanks Jim |
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