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Default Remove first few digits from all cells in the column

I believe this has something to do with function LEFT or RIGHT in Excel.
Specifically, I want to take out the first two digits and a space (the
numbers) in all cells of the column, making it names only. So, "1. Vince
Higgs" would become "Vince Higgs" and "2. Joe Blow" would become "Joe Blow"
I have no experience with macros and little with functions, but have been
experiementing with simple functions like TODAY.

Thank you.
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Default Remove first few digits from all cells in the column

try,

=MID(A1,4,999)

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"Magwine" wrote:

I believe this has something to do with function LEFT or RIGHT in Excel.
Specifically, I want to take out the first two digits and a space (the
numbers) in all cells of the column, making it names only. So, "1. Vince
Higgs" would become "Vince Higgs" and "2. Joe Blow" would become "Joe Blow"
I have no experience with macros and little with functions, but have been
experiementing with simple functions like TODAY.

Thank you.

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Default Remove first few digits from all cells in the column

just noticed that mid had an error
=MID(A1,4,LEN(A1)-3)
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I believe this has something to do with function LEFT or RIGHT in Excel.
Specifically, I want to take out the first two digits and a space (the
numbers) in all cells of the column, making it names only. So, "1. Vince
Higgs" would become "Vince Higgs" and "2. Joe Blow" would become "Joe Blow"
I have no experience with macros and little with functions, but have been
experiementing with simple functions like TODAY.

Thank you.

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Default Remove first few digits from all cells in the column

a couple options:
=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)
or
=MID(A1,3,LEN(A1)-2)
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"Magwine" wrote:

I believe this has something to do with function LEFT or RIGHT in Excel.
Specifically, I want to take out the first two digits and a space (the
numbers) in all cells of the column, making it names only. So, "1. Vince
Higgs" would become "Vince Higgs" and "2. Joe Blow" would become "Joe Blow"
I have no experience with macros and little with functions, but have been
experiementing with simple functions like TODAY.

Thank you.

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Default Remove first few digits from all cells in the column

Try this:

=REPLACE(A1,1,3,"")


"Magwine" wrote:

I believe this has something to do with function LEFT or RIGHT in Excel.
Specifically, I want to take out the first two digits and a space (the
numbers) in all cells of the column, making it names only. So, "1. Vince
Higgs" would become "Vince Higgs" and "2. Joe Blow" would become "Joe Blow"
I have no experience with macros and little with functions, but have been
experiementing with simple functions like TODAY.

Thank you.



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Default Remove first few digits from all cells in the column

Much more fexible:

=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,255)

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I believe this has something to do with function LEFT or RIGHT in Excel.
Specifically, I want to take out the first two digits and a space (the
numbers) in all cells of the column, making it names only. So, "1. Vince
Higgs" would become "Vince Higgs" and "2. Joe Blow" would become "Joe
Blow"
I have no experience with macros and little with functions, but have been
experiementing with simple functions like TODAY.

Thank you.



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Default Remove first few digits from all cells in the column

You could use Text to columns, with ". " (that's dot space)as a
delimiter, and not select the left side to convert.

Beege

Magwine wrote:
I believe this has something to do with function LEFT or RIGHT in Excel.
Specifically, I want to take out the first two digits and a space (the
numbers) in all cells of the column, making it names only. So, "1. Vince
Higgs" would become "Vince Higgs" and "2. Joe Blow" would become "Joe Blow"
I have no experience with macros and little with functions, but have been
experiementing with simple functions like TODAY.

Thank you.

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Default Remove first few digits from all cells in the column

Sorry, only one delimiter per customer.... and if you use dot, it leaves
a space in front of the name. My bad.

Beege

Beege wrote:
You could use Text to columns, with ". " (that's dot space)as a
delimiter, and not select the left side to convert.

Beege

Magwine wrote:
I believe this has something to do with function LEFT or RIGHT in
Excel. Specifically, I want to take out the first two digits and a
space (the numbers) in all cells of the column, making it names only.
So, "1. Vince Higgs" would become "Vince Higgs" and "2. Joe Blow"
would become "Joe Blow"
I have no experience with macros and little with functions, but have
been experiementing with simple functions like TODAY.

Thank you.

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