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I have a list of 10-digit numbers, but I want to apply a formula/function or
format the cells so that only the first 6 digits show up. Is this possible?
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Something like:
=INT(a1/10000)


swingkittenva wrote:

I have a list of 10-digit numbers, but I want to apply a formula/function or
format the cells so that only the first 6 digits show up. Is this possible?


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=left(A1,6)


swingkittenva wrote:
I have a list of 10-digit numbers, but I want to apply a formula/function or
format the cells so that only the first 6 digits show up. Is this possible?


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=left(A1,6)

"swingkittenva" wrote:

I have a list of 10-digit numbers, but I want to apply a formula/function or
format the cells so that only the first 6 digits show up. Is this possible?

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