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LEFT formula doesn't works..
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one two three = four five six = How to filter text so that in cells B1 = two and cell B2 = six Thanks in advance. |
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Hi Ken#
you may explain the underlying logic of this. why do you want in B1 the second number and in B2 the third one? "ken" wrote: A B one two three = four five six = How to filter text so that in cells B1 = two and cell B2 = six Thanks in advance. |
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I've tried =left(a1,6) in B1 the answer is "one two". What I want is only
word "two" for B1 and "six" for B2. Look forward for the exact answer. Thanks "Frank Kabel" wrote in message ... Hi Ken# you may explain the underlying logic of this. why do you want in B1 the second number and in B2 the third one? "ken" wrote: A B one two three = four five six = How to filter text so that in cells B1 = two and cell B2 = six Thanks in advance. |
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Hi
if you can hardcode the starting position and ending position have a look at the MID and the RIGHT function "ken" wrote: I've tried =left(a1,6) in B1 the answer is "one two". What I want is only word "two" for B1 and "six" for B2. Look forward for the exact answer. Thanks "Frank Kabel" wrote in message ... Hi Ken# you may explain the underlying logic of this. why do you want in B1 the second number and in B2 the third one? "ken" wrote: A B one two three = four five six = How to filter text so that in cells B1 = two and cell B2 = six Thanks in advance. |
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You can use MID for the A1 and this is why. Think about starting at the
position the first letter is at then how many letters you want from there. one two three (A1) 1234567890123 10s =MID(A1,5,3) = two You can't use the RIGHT as the format is RIGHT(text,num_chars) =RIGHT(A1,9) = two three And, you can't use LEFT as =LEFT(A1,7) = two three However for A2, you can use one of two formulas only. four five six (A2) 123456789 =MID(A2,11,3) = six =RIGHT(A2,3) = six =LEFT(A2,13) = four five six "ken" wrote in message ... I've tried =left(a1,6) in B1 the answer is "one two". What I want is only word "two" for B1 and "six" for B2. Look forward for the exact answer. Thanks "Frank Kabel" wrote in message ... Hi Ken# you may explain the underlying logic of this. why do you want in B1 the second number and in B2 the third one? "ken" wrote: A B one two three = four five six = How to filter text so that in cells B1 = two and cell B2 = six Thanks in advance. |
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Binggooo! You've spotted the right solutions...
Cheers :) Many thanks for helping me to solve this problem. "Philippe L. Balmanno" wrote in message news:d2Lkd.43833$SW3.26469@fed1read01... You can use MID for the A1 and this is why. Think about starting at the position the first letter is at then how many letters you want from there. one two three (A1) 1234567890123 10s =MID(A1,5,3) = two You can't use the RIGHT as the format is RIGHT(text,num_chars) =RIGHT(A1,9) = two three And, you can't use LEFT as =LEFT(A1,7) = two three However for A2, you can use one of two formulas only. four five six (A2) 123456789 =MID(A2,11,3) = six =RIGHT(A2,3) = six =LEFT(A2,13) = four five six "ken" wrote in message ... I've tried =left(a1,6) in B1 the answer is "one two". What I want is only word "two" for B1 and "six" for B2. Look forward for the exact answer. Thanks "Frank Kabel" wrote in message ... Hi Ken# you may explain the underlying logic of this. why do you want in B1 the second number and in B2 the third one? "ken" wrote: A B one two three = four five six = How to filter text so that in cells B1 = two and cell B2 = six Thanks in advance. |
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