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extact text string from specific cell except three last characters
Hi guys,
Is there any formula in excel that will extract me all the text from a string except three last caracters? Thanks a lot in advance for your help on this, Rgds, Mark |
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extact text string from specific cell except three last characters
Try this:
=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3) Hope this helps. Pete On Oct 23, 2:08 pm, "markx" wrote: Hi guys, Is there any formula in excel that will extract me all the text from a string except three last caracters? Thanks a lot in advance for your help on this, Rgds, Mark |
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extact text string from specific cell except three last characters
assuming data is in A1
=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3) you could also use a Mid() -- -John Please rate when your question is answered to help us and others know what is helpful. "markx" wrote: Hi guys, Is there any formula in excel that will extract me all the text from a string except three last caracters? Thanks a lot in advance for your help on this, Rgds, Mark |
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extact text string from specific cell except three last characters
Thanks,
It works perfectly! "John Bundy" (remove) wrote in message ... assuming data is in A1 =LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3) you could also use a Mid() -- -John Please rate when your question is answered to help us and others know what is helpful. "markx" wrote: Hi guys, Is there any formula in excel that will extract me all the text from a string except three last caracters? Thanks a lot in advance for your help on this, Rgds, Mark |
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