Parsing Data
 

4.4(7.0)
8.2(6.0)
6.8(3.0)
3.2(20.0)
10.0(6.0)
7.0(11.0)
7.2(12.0)
18.0(2.0)
3.15(8.0)
8.8(3.0)

Could somebody please provide me with the function to remove the brackets
and the data contain therin, i.e. in the first example, I need 4.4 copied
to another cell?

The first example is in cell E3 of my spreadsheet.

TIA

Parsing Data
 

This formula should do the trick. Let me know if not - Chad

=LEFT(E3,FIND("(",E3)-1)


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Parsing Data
 

DataText to ColumnsDelimited by "Other".

Type in ( and Finish.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 21:13:29 +0000 (UTC), Saxman
wrote:

4.4(7.0)
8.2(6.0)
6.8(3.0)
3.2(20.0)
10.0(6.0)
7.0(11.0)
7.2(12.0)
18.0(2.0)
3.15(8.0)
8.8(3.0)

Could somebody please provide me with the function to remove the brackets
and the data contain therin, i.e. in the first example, I need 4.4 copied
to another cell?

The first example is in cell E3 of my spreadsheet.

TIA

Parsing Data
 

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 15:19:17 -0600, cvolkert wrote:

=LEFT(E3,FIND("(",E3)-1)

That works a treat! Many thanks.

Parsing Data
 

On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 14:03:29 -0800, Gord Dibben wrote:

DataText to ColumnsDelimited by "Other".

Type in ( and Finish.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP


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