Truncating a columns worth of cells not just a single cell.
If I have a "column A" containing +5000 entries, with each cell being a name, how do I create a "column B" next to it with each cell being the first initial of the name in "column A"? I know I can use the "LEFT" function in the forumla bar to convert a single cell, but I don't know how to apply it to a column with a cell range so I dont' have to do this +5000 times, and worse - on about 113 different spreadsheets. I tried clicking on "Column B" and entering LEFT(A1:A5231) after the "=" sign in the formula bar, but as soon as I typed the colon it said invalid character. It was acting like I couldn't use this to create a formula for the column. I'm sure there is a way to do this for a column if there is a function that will do this for a cell. Please help. -- rebates ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rebates's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=25579 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=390049 |
Hi,
In Column B , you should use =LEFT(A1,1) and copy it down to all the values in column A. Regards Govind. rebates wrote: If I have a "column A" containing +5000 entries, with each cell being a name, how do I create a "column B" next to it with each cell being the first initial of the name in "column A"? I know I can use the "LEFT" function in the forumla bar to convert a single cell, but I don't know how to apply it to a column with a cell range so I dont' have to do this +5000 times, and worse - on about 113 different spreadsheets. I tried clicking on "Column B" and entering LEFT(A1:A5231) after the "=" sign in the formula bar, but as soon as I typed the colon it said invalid character. It was acting like I couldn't use this to create a formula for the column. I'm sure there is a way to do this for a column if there is a function that will do this for a cell. Please help. |
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