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Trim Characters Other Than An Empty Space At The End Of A Cell
In my data, I have some cells that end in " - " (space dash space). I would
like to delete the space dash space if it is the last thing in the cell. I would like to keep it if it is in the middle. I know that the TRIM function deletes a trailing space, can I edit it to delete a trailing space dash space? Here's an example: Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney - Jacob - pug Schmitty - So, I want "Mary - poodle" to stay the same, and "Barney - " to become just "Barney" like this Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney Jacob - pug Schmitty Thank you! |
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Trim Characters Other Than An Empty Space At The End Of A Cell
With data in Column A, try this in B1:
=IF(RIGHT(A1,3)=" - ",LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3),A1) And copy down as needed. To remove the formulas and leave the data behind, copy Column B, then Paste Special, Values, <OK, <Esc. -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "K8_Dog" wrote in message ... In my data, I have some cells that end in " - " (space dash space). I would like to delete the space dash space if it is the last thing in the cell. I would like to keep it if it is in the middle. I know that the TRIM function deletes a trailing space, can I edit it to delete a trailing space dash space? Here's an example: Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney - Jacob - pug Schmitty - So, I want "Mary - poodle" to stay the same, and "Barney - " to become just "Barney" like this Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney Jacob - pug Schmitty Thank you! |
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Trim Characters Other Than An Empty Space At The End Of A Cell
Put this formula in an adjacent column:
=IF(RIGHT(A1,3)=" - ",LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3),A1) Then copy this down as required. Hope this helps. Pete On Apr 18, 11:31*pm, K8_Dog wrote: In my data, I have some cells that end in " - " (space dash space). *I would like to delete the space dash space if it is the last thing in the cell. I would like to keep it if it is in the middle. I know that the TRIM function deletes a trailing space, can I edit it to delete a trailing space dash space? Here's an example: Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney - Jacob - pug Schmitty - So, I want "Mary - poodle" to stay the same, and "Barney - " to become just "Barney" like this Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney Jacob - pug Schmitty Thank you! |
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Trim Characters Other Than An Empty Space At The End Of A Cell
If your cells end with " - ", space-dash-space then:
=IF(RIGHT(A1,3)=" - ",LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3),A1) "K8_Dog" wrote in message ... In my data, I have some cells that end in " - " (space dash space). I would like to delete the space dash space if it is the last thing in the cell. I would like to keep it if it is in the middle. I know that the TRIM function deletes a trailing space, can I edit it to delete a trailing space dash space? Here's an example: Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney - Jacob - pug Schmitty - So, I want "Mary - poodle" to stay the same, and "Barney - " to become just "Barney" like this Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney Jacob - pug Schmitty Thank you! |
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Trim Characters Other Than An Empty Space At The End Of A Cell
Thanks everyone,
This solution is perfect. LEN is new to me and so cool! Thanks, K8Dog "Tyro" wrote: If your cells end with " - ", space-dash-space then: =IF(RIGHT(A1,3)=" - ",LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3),A1) "K8_Dog" wrote in message ... In my data, I have some cells that end in " - " (space dash space). I would like to delete the space dash space if it is the last thing in the cell. I would like to keep it if it is in the middle. I know that the TRIM function deletes a trailing space, can I edit it to delete a trailing space dash space? Here's an example: Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney - Jacob - pug Schmitty - So, I want "Mary - poodle" to stay the same, and "Barney - " to become just "Barney" like this Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney Jacob - pug Schmitty Thank you! |
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Trim Characters Other Than An Empty Space At The End Of A Cell
And we appreciate the feed-back.
-- Regards, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "K8_Dog" wrote in message ... Thanks everyone, This solution is perfect. LEN is new to me and so cool! Thanks, K8Dog "Tyro" wrote: If your cells end with " - ", space-dash-space then: =IF(RIGHT(A1,3)=" - ",LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3),A1) "K8_Dog" wrote in message ... In my data, I have some cells that end in " - " (space dash space). I would like to delete the space dash space if it is the last thing in the cell. I would like to keep it if it is in the middle. I know that the TRIM function deletes a trailing space, can I edit it to delete a trailing space dash space? Here's an example: Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney - Jacob - pug Schmitty - So, I want "Mary - poodle" to stay the same, and "Barney - " to become just "Barney" like this Mary - poodle Theo - beagle Barney Jacob - pug Schmitty Thank you! |
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