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brantty

how can I eliminate the first 3 characters from a cell
 
I have a cell (A2) that has a code (AAA123456B). I need a formula that will
eliminate the first 3 charatcers from this code and post the remaining
characters in a new cell. Please help.

David Billigmeier

=RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-3)


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Regards,
Dave


"brantty" wrote:

I have a cell (A2) that has a code (AAA123456B). I need a formula that will
eliminate the first 3 charatcers from this code and post the remaining
characters in a new cell. Please help.


brantty

that worked. thanks David

"David Billigmeier" wrote:

=RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-3)


--
Regards,
Dave


"brantty" wrote:

I have a cell (A2) that has a code (AAA123456B). I need a formula that will
eliminate the first 3 charatcers from this code and post the remaining
characters in a new cell. Please help.


Gord Dibben

=MID(A2,4,255)


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:25:03 -0700, "brantty"
wrote:

I have a cell (A2) that has a code (AAA123456B). I need a formula that will
eliminate the first 3 charatcers from this code and post the remaining
characters in a new cell. Please help.




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