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I need the formula to reduce :

qwe.qwe.qwe in cell A1 on Excel

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qwe in cell B1 on Excel

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If always separated by a dot (period)
=IF(ISERR(FIND(".",A1)),"",LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1)-1))

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I need the formula to reduce :

qwe.qwe.qwe in cell A1 on Excel

to :

qwe in cell B1 on Excel

Can anyone help ?


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