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Inserting a hyphen after the 3rd character
Hi All,
I am looking for a way to insert a hyphen (-) in a cell after the third character. For example, 123456789 turns into 123-456789. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!!! Jen |
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Inserting a hyphen after the 3rd character
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=LEFT(A1,3)&"-"&RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)) Hope this helps. Pete On Oct 29, 6:42*pm, wrote: Hi All, I am looking for a way to insert a hyphen (-) in a cell after the third character. For example, 123456789 turns into 123-456789. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!!! *Jen |
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Inserting a hyphen after the 3rd character
Pete_UK wrote...
One way: =LEFT(A1,3)&"-"&RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)) .... Shorter, simpler, more efficient to use =REPLACE(A1,3,0,"-") |
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Inserting a hyphen after the 3rd character
Harlan,
I think that you may have meant: =REPLACE(A1,4,0,"-") to insert the hyphen after the third character not the second. -- Regards, Sandy In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland and the crowning place of kings Replace @mailinator.com with @tiscali.co.uk "Harlan Grove" wrote in message ... Pete_UK wrote... One way: =LEFT(A1,3)&"-"&RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)) ... Shorter, simpler, more efficient to use =REPLACE(A1,3,0,"-") |
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