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Remove a particular character using formulas
I have excel 2000 and i have having a problem I have a list of roughlt 5000 items that all have "-" in random places I want to remove these dashes using a formula... not find replace. Any luck. Example: I have "---105--22" I want "10522" Thanks in advance for the help -- msetyon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ msetyon's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=29277 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=489953 |
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Remove a particular character using formulas
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","")
-- Regards Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03 ------------------------------*------------------------------*---------------- It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-) ------------------------------*------------------------------*---------------- "msetyon" wrote in message ... I have excel 2000 and i have having a problem I have a list of roughlt 5000 items that all have "-" in random places I want to remove these dashes using a formula... not find replace. Any luck. Example: I have "---105--22" I want "10522" Thanks in advance for the help -- msetyon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ msetyon's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=29277 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=489953 |
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Remove a particular character using formulas
Assume your items start in A1, place this in B1 and drag down:
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","") -- Regards, Dave "msetyon" wrote: I have excel 2000 and i have having a problem I have a list of roughlt 5000 items that all have "-" in random places I want to remove these dashes using a formula... not find replace. Any luck. Example: I have "---105--22" I want "10522" Thanks in advance for the help -- msetyon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ msetyon's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=29277 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=489953 |
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