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how to delete duplicated content from 2 cells
Hi everyone, this is my first time to this forum, looks like there are alot of information on this site, but I can't seem to find my solutions, see if anyone can hlep me out here. I was just wonder is there a formula that i can instantly delete the duplicated contents from 2 cells. example. A1 _Honda_Civic_ B1 _Civic_ I want a formula for C1 to show _Honda_ Because Civic is the duplicated content between these 2 cells. Is there a way to do it? -- lucent88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lucent88's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=28049 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=475596 |
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How about =substitute(a1,b1,"") ? That would delete any instance of b1
within a1. If there's no instance of b1 in a1, you just get a1 back in its entirely. "lucent88" wrote: Hi everyone, this is my first time to this forum, looks like there are alot of information on this site, but I can't seem to find my solutions, see if anyone can hlep me out here. I was just wonder is there a formula that i can instantly delete the duplicated contents from 2 cells. example. A1 _Honda_Civic_ B1 _Civic_ I want a formula for C1 to show _Honda_ Because Civic is the duplicated content between these 2 cells. Is there a way to do it? -- lucent88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lucent88's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=28049 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=475596 |
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:24:18 -0500, lucent88
wrote: Hi everyone, this is my first time to this forum, looks like there are alot of information on this site, but I can't seem to find my solutions, see if anyone can hlep me out here. I was just wonder is there a formula that i can instantly delete the duplicated contents from 2 cells. example. A1 _Honda_Civic_ B1 _Civic_ I want a formula for C1 to show _Honda_ Because Civic is the duplicated content between these 2 cells. Is there a way to do it? =LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-(FIND(B1,A1)-1)) Arguably the duplicated content is _Civic_ and the unique bit would therefore be _Honda in which case the formula would be =LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(B1,A1)) That will handle the example you quote, but how would you want to handle say: A1 Honda_Civic_AAA B1 _Civic_ would you expect _HondaAAA Post back with further examples if necessary. Rgds __ Richard Buttrey Grappenhall, Cheshire, UK __________________________ |
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