Trying to truncate or separate the first 3 characters/digits of co
 

I have a spreadsheet with a column of numbers. I'm trying to extract /
truncate / remove the leading 3 digits in each cell. The numbers vary in
length, so using the LEFT or RIGHT function doesn't seem to be an option.

The numbers represent division / dept. numbers within my company. The
leading 3 digits represent the division, which I want to remove / discard.

Trying to truncate or separate the first 3 characters/digits of co
 

=RIGHT(TEXT(A1,"0"),LEN(TEXT(A1,"0"))-3)

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

"Jim" wrote in message
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I have a spreadsheet with a column of numbers. I'm trying to extract /
truncate / remove the leading 3 digits in each cell. The numbers vary in
length, so using the LEFT or RIGHT function doesn't seem to be an option.

The numbers represent division / dept. numbers within my company. The
leading 3 digits represent the division, which I want to remove / discard.

Trying to truncate or separate the first 3 characters/digits of co
 

Hi

Try something like
=MID(A1,4,LEN(A1)-3)

Andy.

"Jim" wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet with a column of numbers. I'm trying to extract /
truncate / remove the leading 3 digits in each cell. The numbers vary in
length, so using the LEFT or RIGHT function doesn't seem to be an option.

The numbers represent division / dept. numbers within my company. The
leading 3 digits represent the division, which I want to remove / discard.

Trying to truncate or separate the first 3 characters/digits of co
 

Or if you want to retain decimals

=RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-3)

Regards
Peter Atherton



"Jim" wrote:

I have a spreadsheet with a column of numbers. I'm trying to extract /
truncate / remove the leading 3 digits in each cell. The numbers vary in
length, so using the LEFT or RIGHT function doesn't seem to be an option.

The numbers represent division / dept. numbers within my company. The
leading 3 digits represent the division, which I want to remove / discard.

Trying to truncate or separate the first 3 characters/digits of co
 

Thanks to all of you!

Niek - your formula worked for some of the entries, but for some cells the
result wasn't quite right. Example: returned last TWO digits on 7-digit
cells. I'm sure it would work with a slight tweak.

Andy - worked perfectly

Peter - worked perfectly.

"Jim" wrote:

I have a spreadsheet with a column of numbers. I'm trying to extract /
truncate / remove the leading 3 digits in each cell. The numbers vary in
length, so using the LEFT or RIGHT function doesn't seem to be an option.

The numbers represent division / dept. numbers within my company. The
leading 3 digits represent the division, which I want to remove / discard.