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I have data in a column coming through as

7200:000000000000

Is there a formula to trim this so that I get all numbers prior to the colon :

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=LEFT(A2,FIND(":",A2)-1)
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I have data in a column coming through as

7200:000000000000

Is there a formula to trim this so that I get all numbers prior to
the colon :

Thank you



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=LEFT(A1,FIND(":",A1)-1)


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I have data in a column coming through as

7200:000000000000

Is there a formula to trim this so that I get all numbers prior to the colon :

Thank you

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