Postcode Area extract first alpha letters
Hi,
I have a list of postcodes and would like to have only the first letters, whether this is 2 or 1 letter. I have been able to extract the beginning of a postcode with =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1) but now want to split it further and just have the letters not the numbers. Eg: "B1" return "B" "SW12" return "SW" "M23" return "M" "NN9" return "NN" etc. is there something that extracts alpha characters? |
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Postcode Area extract first alpha letters
Hi,
It would have helped to see a full code but I assume these are the first 1 or 2 alpha characters you want to extract. Try this =SUBSTITUTE(A1,MID(A1,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 9},A1&"0123456789")),LEN(A1)),"") Mike "aquaxander" wrote: Hi, I have a list of postcodes and would like to have only the first letters, whether this is 2 or 1 letter. I have been able to extract the beginning of a postcode with =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1) but now want to split it further and just have the letters not the numbers. Eg: "B1" return "B" "SW12" return "SW" "M23" return "M" "NN9" return "NN" etc. is there something that extracts alpha characters? |
Postcode Area extract first alpha letters
Hi,
Try this =LEFT(C14,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},C14&"01 23456789"))-1) -- Regards, Ashish Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP www.ashishmathur.com "aquaxander" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a list of postcodes and would like to have only the first letters, whether this is 2 or 1 letter. I have been able to extract the beginning of a postcode with =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1) but now want to split it further and just have the letters not the numbers. Eg: "B1" return "B" "SW12" return "SW" "M23" return "M" "NN9" return "NN" etc. is there something that extracts alpha characters? |
Postcode Area extract first alpha letters
Assuming the entries will have only 1 or 2 alphas in front..you can try this
=IF(ISERROR(1*MID(A1,2,1)),LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(A1,1)) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "aquaxander" wrote: Hi, I have a list of postcodes and would like to have only the first letters, whether this is 2 or 1 letter. I have been able to extract the beginning of a postcode with =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1) but now want to split it further and just have the letters not the numbers. Eg: "B1" return "B" "SW12" return "SW" "M23" return "M" "NN9" return "NN" etc. is there something that extracts alpha characters? |
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