I have two columns of data: the first has parts
information, the second has an "indent code" (ranging
between 0-3). I want to create a third column of 32
characters that will take the first column's data and
apply a number of periods BEFORE the data equal to the
number in the indent code, then fill the remainder of the
cell with periods as well.

Example: The text "WHEEL" in the part column and the
number "2" in the indent column should
yield "..WHEEL....." (etc. until the total characters is
32).

Anybody know how I can pull this off? Are there formulas
I can apply to the third column to make this happen?

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 07:58:50 -0700, "Dave Yeager"
wrote:

I have two columns of data: the first has parts
information, the second has an "indent code" (ranging
between 0-3). I want to create a third column of 32
characters that will take the first column's data and
apply a number of periods BEFORE the data equal to the
number in the indent code, then fill the remainder of the
cell with periods as well.

Example: The text "WHEEL" in the part column and the
number "2" in the indent column should
yield "..WHEEL....." (etc. until the total characters is
32).

Anybody know how I can pull this off? Are there formulas
I can apply to the third column to make this happen?

A Worksheet formula solution:

=REPT(".",B1)&A1&REPT(".",32-B1-LEN(A1))

or with Names:
=REPT(".",IndentCode)&Part&REPT(".",32-IndentCode-LEN(Part))




--ron

"Dave Yeager" wrote in message ...
I have two columns of data: the first has parts
information, the second has an "indent code" (ranging
between 0-3). I want to create a third column of 32
characters that will take the first column's data and
apply a number of periods BEFORE the data equal to the
number in the indent code, then fill the remainder of the
cell with periods as well.

Example: The text "WHEEL" in the part column and the
number "2" in the indent column should
yield "..WHEEL....." (etc. until the total characters is
32).

Anybody know how I can pull this off? Are there formulas
I can apply to the third column to make this happen?


Dave: assuming you have your part in cell C3 and your indent in cell D3,
try the following :
=REPT(".",D3)&C3&REPT(".",32-(LEN(TRIM(C3))+D3))
-Watjr