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Default Replacing certain characters in a cell

One possible way:

=LEFT(A1,1) & "***"& RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-4)

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Paul

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I have the a cell which contains various numbers (example 9123***********9)
I need to replace whatever the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th number is with a *
leaving
everything else the same. Can someone tell me how I can do this.



 
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