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Hi,

I have several columns of data that contain data such as:3001001E:Name


I want to keep what is on the right side of the colon. How could I do this
with a function?

Thanks.


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Dan,
try the following formula, which assumes that your text is in A1.
MID(A1, FIND(":", A1)+1, LEN(A1)

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Kostis Vezerides

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For 3001001E:Name in Cell A1
B1: =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-(SEARCH(":",A1)))

Does that help?

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Ron


"Dan B" wrote:

Hi,

I have several columns of data that contain data such as:3001001E:Name


I want to keep what is on the right side of the colon. How could I do this
with a function?

Thanks.



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That worked perfectly. I would like to understand the logic behind that
function. If you get a minute, could you give me a quick explanation.

Thank you so much!!



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Dan,
try the following formula, which assumes that your text is in A1.
MID(A1, FIND(":", A1)+1, LEN(A1)

HTH
Kostis Vezerides



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that one worked too. I wish I understood how. Very cool though.
Thanks!!


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For 3001001E:Name in Cell A1
B1: =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-(SEARCH(":",A1)))

Does that help?

***********
Regards,
Ron


"Dan B" wrote:

Hi,

I have several columns of data that contain data such as:3001001E:Name


I want to keep what is on the right side of the colon. How could I do
this
with a function?

Thanks.





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