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excellent!
;-) On 17 Sty, 14:24, Dave Peterson wrote: One more. Copy the all the data into two columns (identical columns when you're done). Select the first column ctrl-h (replace) what: *_(* * * * * * * * (space character, open paren, asterisk) with: *(leave blank) replace all This will remove the (####) from the first column. Select the second column ctrl-h (replace) what: **( * * * * * * *(open paren, asterisk) with: *(leave blank) replace all This will remove the name. Select the second column ctrl-h (replace) what: *) * * * * * * *(close paren) with: *(leave blank) replace all This will remove the closing paren Stan in South Africa wrote: Using Vista, Excel 2007 I have the following: In A1 - 'Bill Smith (2468)' In A2 - 'James Sinclair (659873)' and so on to A350, with names of various lengths and numbers containing a different number of digits in parenthesis. I require, in text format: In B1 - 'Bill Smith' *In C1 '(2468)' In B2 - 'James Sinclair' In C2 '(659873)' and so on to row 350. Any advice will be appreciated. -- Dave Peterson |
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