False Statement won't show
 

some of my data has - a, - b
i'm using this to pull out the hyphens, but if the statement is false, the
data will not return the original cell if the original cell does not contain
a "-"

=IF(FIND("-",cell),LEFT(cell,FIND("-",cell)-1,cell)

it is, however, pulling the info, minus the ending parts after the "-"
beautifully.
Any ideas?

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False Statement won't show
 

You are missing a closing bracket for your Left function

=IF(FIND("-",cell),LEFT(cell,FIND("-",cell)-1),cell)

"spiz via OfficeKB.com" wrote:

some of my data has - a, - b
i'm using this to pull out the hyphens, but if the statement is false, the
data will not return the original cell if the original cell does not contain
a "-"

=IF(FIND("-",cell),LEFT(cell,FIND("-",cell)-1,cell)

it is, however, pulling the info, minus the ending parts after the "-"
beautifully.
Any ideas?

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False Statement won't show
 

try this to return the data after the "-"

=IF(ISERROR(FIND("-",A1)),A1,LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1))


On Jun 20, 9:37 am, "spiz via OfficeKB.com" <u34902@uwe wrote:
some of my data has - a, - b
i'm using this to pull out the hyphens, but if the statement is false, the
data will not return the original cell if the original cell does not contain
a "-"

=IF(FIND("-",cell),LEFT(cell,FIND("-",cell)-1,cell)

it is, however, pulling the info, minus the ending parts after the "-"
beautifully.
Any ideas?

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False Statement won't show
 

Assuming the data is TEXT only:

=TRIM(LEFT(A1&"-",FIND("-",A1&"-")-1))

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"spiz via OfficeKB.com" <u34902@uwe wrote in message
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some of my data has - a, - b
i'm using this to pull out the hyphens, but if the statement is false, the
data will not return the original cell if the original cell does not
contain
a "-"

=IF(FIND("-",cell),LEFT(cell,FIND("-",cell)-1,cell)

it is, however, pulling the info, minus the ending parts after the "-"
beautifully.
Any ideas?

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