By which I mean removing part of a string.

Basically I want do something like

If Column A Contains String X then Remove Character A from end of Column B

These solutions typically involve some combination of Mid and Find
functions. If you need more help, post representative examples of what you
want done.

Regards,
Fred

"msnyc07" wrote in message
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By which I mean removing part of a string.

Basically I want do something like

If Column A Contains String X then Remove Character A from end of Column B

you need to show example, but what you need is the following formulas
mid
search
left or
right
Click yes if helped
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Greatly appreciated
Eva


"msnyc07" wrote:

By which I mean removing part of a string.

Basically I want do something like

If Column A Contains String X then Remove Character A from end of Column B

hi
a bit vague. from your statement "form the end of column B", this pop in my
mind
=if(A2 = "String x", left(B2,Len(B2)-1),"")
this would remove the last character from column B.

but could you supply and example of string x and data in column B.

Regards
FSt1

"msnyc07" wrote:

By which I mean removing part of a string.

Basically I want do something like

If Column A Contains String X then Remove Character A from end of Column B

Thanks this is what I ended up with after some research online as well,
needed to check for two different conditions in two different columns;

=IF(RIGHT(R5848,1)="I",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(",
Inc",O5848)),LEFT(R5848,LEN(R5848)-1),R5848), R5848)

"FSt1" wrote:

hi
a bit vague. from your statement "form the end of column B", this pop in my
mind
=if(A2 = "String x", left(B2,Len(B2)-1),"")
this would remove the last character from column B.

but could you supply and example of string x and data in column B.

Regards
FSt1

"msnyc07" wrote:

By which I mean removing part of a string.

Basically I want do something like

If Column A Contains String X then Remove Character A from end of Column B

hi
thanks for the feedback. a bit more complicated that i had originally
thought but if it works, then that the right way. if it don't work, that's
the wrong way.

Regards
FSt1

"msnyc07" wrote:

Thanks this is what I ended up with after some research online as well,
needed to check for two different conditions in two different columns;

=IF(RIGHT(R5848,1)="I",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(",
Inc",O5848)),LEFT(R5848,LEN(R5848)-1),R5848), R5848)

"FSt1" wrote:

hi
a bit vague. from your statement "form the end of column B", this pop in my
mind
=if(A2 = "String x", left(B2,Len(B2)-1),"")
this would remove the last character from column B.

but could you supply and example of string x and data in column B.

Regards
FSt1

"msnyc07" wrote:

By which I mean removing part of a string.

Basically I want do something like

If Column A Contains String X then Remove Character A from end of Column B