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I've seen people use a function so that they don't have to manually create a
user id. Could someone tell em the general function used to do so?

For Example:
First Name: Maria
Last Name:Gonzales
Naming Convention details: pre-fix: 'abc1'+ '1st 5 letters of first name'+
'2 letters from last name'.

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="ABC1"&LOWER(LEFT(A2,5))&LOWER(LEFT(B2,2))
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I've seen people use a function so that they don't have to manually create
a
user id. Could someone tell em the general function used to do so?

For Example:
First Name: Maria
Last Name:Gonzales
Naming Convention details: pre-fix: 'abc1'+ '1st 5 letters of first name'+
'2 letters from last name'.

Creates: ABC1mariago



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Say the first name is in column A and the last name is in column B. In C1
enter:

="ABC1" & LEFT(A1,5) & LEFT(B1,2)

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"bestrada" wrote:

I've seen people use a function so that they don't have to manually create a
user id. Could someone tell em the general function used to do so?

For Example:
First Name: Maria
Last Name:Gonzales
Naming Convention details: pre-fix: 'abc1'+ '1st 5 letters of first name'+
'2 letters from last name'.

Creates: ABC1mariago

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