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October 10th, 2009, 06:54 PM
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a & a 24/03/09
a & a 24-26/09/09 a & a 3/06/09 a & a I have a column of the above similar text. I would like help to write formula to show text without the numbers. Formula would return for example a & a Thanks 
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October 10th, 2009, 06:59 PM
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With your text in cell A1; try the below formula in B1
=TRIM(LEFT(A1,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1& "0123456789"))-1)) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "nc" wrote: a & a 24/03/09 a & a 24-26/09/09 a & a 3/06/09 a & a I have a column of the above similar text. I would like help to write formula to show text without the numbers. Formula would return for example a & a Thanks
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October 10th, 2009, 07:16 PM
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Thanks.
What about if I wanted to add character such as / i.e show text before / How would that change your formula? "Jacob Skaria" wrote: With your text in cell A1; try the below formula in B1 =TRIM(LEFT(A1,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1& "0123456789"))-1)) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "nc" wrote: a & a 24/03/09 a & a 24-26/09/09 a & a 3/06/09 a & a I have a column of the above similar text. I would like help to write formula to show text without the numbers. Formula would return for example a & a Thanks
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#4
October 11th, 2009, 05:16 AM
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If you mean extract text before the 1st slash
=LEFT(A1,FIND("/",A1)-1) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "nc" wrote: Thanks. What about if I wanted to add character such as / i.e show text before / How would that change your formula? "Jacob Skaria" wrote: With your text in cell A1; try the below formula in B1 =TRIM(LEFT(A1,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1& "0123456789"))-1)) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "nc" wrote: a & a 24/03/09 a & a 24-26/09/09 a & a 3/06/09 a & a I have a column of the above similar text. I would like help to write formula to show text without the numbers. Formula would return for example a & a Thanks
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October 11th, 2009, 09:55 AM
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Yes. Can the fomula include a list of predefined characters?
"Jacob Skaria" wrote: If you mean extract text before the 1st slash =LEFT(A1,FIND("/",A1)-1) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "nc" wrote: Thanks. What about if I wanted to add character such as / i.e show text before / How would that change your formula? "Jacob Skaria" wrote: With your text in cell A1; try the below formula in B1 =TRIM(LEFT(A1,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1& "0123456789"))-1)) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "nc" wrote: a & a 24/03/09 a & a 24-26/09/09 a & a 3/06/09 a & a I have a column of the above similar text. I would like help to write formula to show text without the numbers. Formula would return for example a & a Thanks
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