Need Excel Function that will return # of char in preceding cell
 

I used it before and cant remeber the function command that will allow me to
copy just the 1st 5 numbers in a cell to another cell. Thes cells are like C
& D.

Thanks for your help. Command just slipping my mind.

Are you perhaps talking about:

In D1, enter,

=LEFT(C1,5)
OR
=--LEFT(C1,5)
to retain numerical format.
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HTH,

RD

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"klafert" wrote in message
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I used it before and cant remeber the function command that will allow me
to
copy just the 1st 5 numbers in a cell to another cell. Thes cells are like
C
& D.

Thanks for your help. Command just slipping my mind.

In D1, LEFT(C1,5) will return the first five characters in C1.

"klafert" wrote:

I used it before and cant remeber the function command that will allow me to
copy just the 1st 5 numbers in a cell to another cell. Thes cells are like C
& D.

Thanks for your help. Command just slipping my mind.

The 'first' 5 numbers can be interpreted in two ways:

123456
=LEFT(C1,5) --- "12345" (this is a text)
=--LEFT(C1,5) ---12345 (this is a number)

654321
=RIGHT(C1,5) --- "54321" (this is a text)
=--RIGHT(C1,5) ---54321 (this is a number)

HTH
Ola Sandström


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