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Default How to find the position of last ":"

One way using a formula, assuming string is in A1:-

=FIND("¬",SUBSTITUTE(A1,":","¬",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,":",""))))

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"luvgreen" wrote in message
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Hello everyone, I need to search for teh last ":" in one string. For example

"2:5,7:12, 13:13, 19:19", I need the positon of ":" before 19. How should I do
it? Thanks.


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