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In excel is there a way to pick out certain characters in a cell?
Ok my question is when I have a number in excel like in cell a1 there is the
number 1267 and say in cell b1 I want the first character of that number to show up, so I want b1=1, c1=2, d1=6, and e1=7 is there are formula that I can put in each of those cells to pick out the first character, 2nd and so on or is this something I have to manually do everyday because I have a formula that is putting in the 1267 or what ever number each day but I need to seperate them out. |
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In excel is there a way to pick out certain characters in a cell?
You can use the MID() function, comme ca:
=MID(A1,1,1) =MID(A1,2,1) etc. You could also use RIGHT() and LEFT() for the columns on the extreme ends, if you like. |
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In excel is there a way to pick out certain characters in a cell?
To get the first digit, put this formula in B1 =Left(A1,1) For the second number, put this formula in C1 =Mid(A1,2,1) For the third number, put this formula in D1 =Mid(A1,3,1) And for the last number, put this formula in E1 =Right(A1,1) HTH Otto "Technical Woman" <Technical wrote in message ... Ok my question is when I have a number in excel like in cell a1 there is the number 1267 and say in cell b1 I want the first character of that number to show up, so I want b1=1, c1=2, d1=6, and e1=7 is there are formula that I can put in each of those cells to pick out the first character, 2nd and so on or is this something I have to manually do everyday because I have a formula that is putting in the 1267 or what ever number each day but I need to seperate them out. |
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