How do I shorten a 17 digit field to a 6 digit field?
I am using Microsoft Exce 2002. I am trying to shorten a few hundred 17
digit alphanumeric fields to just the last 6 digits of the 17 digit fields. Any ideas would be helpful. |
How do I shorten a 17 digit field to a 6 digit field?
One approach can be with the worksheet formula RIGHT. If you have you data
in column A, something like this in column B will do what you want: =RIGHT(A1,6) Hope this helps, Miguel. "Paul Bass" wrote: I am using Microsoft Exce 2002. I am trying to shorten a few hundred 17 digit alphanumeric fields to just the last 6 digits of the 17 digit fields. Any ideas would be helpful. |
How do I shorten a 17 digit field to a 6 digit field?
Sub shorten()
For i = 1 To Cells(Rows.Count, "e").End(xlUp).Row Cells(i, "e").Value = Right(Cells(i, "e"), 6) Next i End Sub -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Paul Bass" <Paul wrote in message ... I am using Microsoft Exce 2002. I am trying to shorten a few hundred 17 digit alphanumeric fields to just the last 6 digits of the 17 digit fields. Any ideas would be helpful. |
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