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

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


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DataText to ColumnsDelimited by "Other".

Type in ( and Finish.


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

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

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


That works a treat! Many thanks.
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On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 14:03:29 -0800, Gord Dibben wrote:

DataText to ColumnsDelimited by "Other".

Type in ( and Finish.


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