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I am trying to take the first 4 contents of a cell and cut and paste it to an
empty cell. I need a formula that will do this. I am looking at 1000 rows
that need this done. Any suggestions
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=LEFT(A1,4)
will take the 4 first chars from A1

=MID(A1,5,256)
will cut them off

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empty cell. I need a formula that will do this. I am looking at 1000
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Hi Jennifer,

Assuming that your data starts in A1, try:

=LEFT(A1,4)

and copy down as far as required.



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Jennifer wrote:
I am trying to take the first 4 contents of a cell and cut and paste it to an
empty cell. I need a formula that will do this. I am looking at 1000 rows
that need this done. Any suggestions


Hi Jennifer

Try:

=LEFT(A1,4)

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