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Hi Chip,

I read your reply to a posting on the discussion board and came to the
conclusion, you are an Excel genius! I am trying to identify and insert
data in a new field based on a series from another field: see below

Job No. Department new field
77656S 6
I would like to set a formula where the 5th character in the Job No. column
(in this case 6) will be automatically be placed in the Department. This
way I could set an auto-filter if I am looking for department related data
only.

I hope my request makes sense to you. Your help is greatly appreciated in
advance!

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If your data is in field A2, in field A3 enter the formula;
=mid(A2,5,1)

This will give you 1st character from the 5th character in field A2.

SteveB

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Hi Chip,

I read your reply to a posting on the discussion board and came to the
conclusion, you are an Excel genius! I am trying to identify and insert
data in a new field based on a series from another field: see below

Job No. Department new field
77656S 6
I would like to set a formula where the 5th character in the Job No. column
(in this case 6) will be automatically be placed in the Department. This
way I could set an auto-filter if I am looking for department related data
only.

I hope my request makes sense to you. Your help is greatly appreciated in
advance!

--
pnb
"God Is Love"

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THANKS, STEVE!!! It worked-You're the best....Have a wondeful Day!
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"SteveB" wrote:

If your data is in field A2, in field A3 enter the formula;
=mid(A2,5,1)

This will give you 1st character from the 5th character in field A2.

SteveB

"trice_nb" wrote:

Hi Chip,

I read your reply to a posting on the discussion board and came to the
conclusion, you are an Excel genius! I am trying to identify and insert
data in a new field based on a series from another field: see below

Job No. Department new field
77656S 6
I would like to set a formula where the 5th character in the Job No. column
(in this case 6) will be automatically be placed in the Department. This
way I could set an auto-filter if I am looking for department related data
only.

I hope my request makes sense to you. Your help is greatly appreciated in
advance!

--
pnb
"God Is Love"

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