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Removing "The" from company names
I am trying to sort Company names alphabetically and need a formula in excel
that can remove the initial "The" from the company name before doing this. Any ideas? |
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Removing "The" from company names
Is this any good?
=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"The","",1)) Mike "jamesea" wrote: I am trying to sort Company names alphabetically and need a formula in excel that can remove the initial "The" from the company name before doing this. Any ideas? |
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Removing "The" from company names
Sorry, Just realised that the previous formula will remove a 'The' from the
middle of the name, this one gets around that. =IF(LEFT(A1,3)="The",TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"The","",1 )),A1) Mike "jamesea" wrote: I am trying to sort Company names alphabetically and need a formula in excel that can remove the initial "The" from the company name before doing this. Any ideas? |
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Removing "The" from company names
Just a slight twick to Mike's excellent solution:
=IF(LEFT(A1,4)="The ",TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"The" ,"",1)),A1) Some company names may begin with The. Bob Flanagan Macro Systems http://www.add-ins.com Productivity add-ins and downloadable books on VB macros for Excel "jamesea" wrote in message ... I am trying to sort Company names alphabetically and need a formula in excel that can remove the initial "The" from the company name before doing this. Any ideas? |
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