How do you truncate a text string?
 

Hello,

I was wondering if there's a function that allows me to chop characters
of a fixed length off of text strings of varying lengths. For example,
if I have the following strings:

12345-ABC
123456-DEF

I want to be able to cut off the "-ABC" or the "-DEF" and be left with

12345
123456

Normally, I would simply use an =LEFT to capture the part I need, but
since the part before the dash is of varying lengths, I'm not sure how
to do this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!


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How do you truncate a text string?
 

Try This:

=LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1,1)-1) where A1 is your text.

"dailygluttony" wrote:


Hello,

I was wondering if there's a function that allows me to chop characters
of a fixed length off of text strings of varying lengths. For example,
if I have the following strings:

12345-ABC
123456-DEF

I want to be able to cut off the "-ABC" or the "-DEF" and be left with

12345
123456

Normally, I would simply use an =LEFT to capture the part I need, but
since the part before the dash is of varying lengths, I'm not sure how
to do this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!


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How do you truncate a text string?
 

Data text to columns, select delimited, click next, select - as other
delimiter click next select the right column and check do not import (skip)
under column data format. That way you can do a whole column in one fell
swoop


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Hello,

I was wondering if there's a function that allows me to chop characters
of a fixed length off of text strings of varying lengths. For example,
if I have the following strings:

12345-ABC
123456-DEF

I want to be able to cut off the "-ABC" or the "-DEF" and be left with

12345
123456

Normally, I would simply use an =LEFT to capture the part I need, but
since the part before the dash is of varying lengths, I'm not sure how
to do this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!


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