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Truncate words
Hi,
Does anyone know if there's a formula to not just count words, but to trim the number of words in a cell to a certain number (say 5)? So, if the previous sentence were entered, I could get back "does anyone know if there's", and the rest would be truncated. Any help is greatly appreciated! -Jon R |
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Truncate words
=LEFT(A1,FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","~",5))-1)
-- HTH Bob Phillips (remove nothere from email address if mailing direct) wrote in message ups.com... Hi, Does anyone know if there's a formula to not just count words, but to trim the number of words in a cell to a certain number (say 5)? So, if the previous sentence were entered, I could get back "does anyone know if there's", and the rest would be truncated. Any help is greatly appreciated! -Jon R |
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thanks Bob!
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