Need Help with Replace Function

[buymearing]

hi,

not sure how to explain this, but i will do my best. i'm having difficulty with 2 things: where to place a particular function, and how to make it work.

i have a worksheet with 5 colums (a to e), and 58 rows (4 to 56). i am trying to affect column "e" by replacing a specific part of the text within the cell, with the text in cell "a", in a ascending order (replace e3 with a3, e4 with a4, and so on)

the text in cell e starts at position 43 (inlcuding all spaces and characters), and is 7 characters long (which is the same amount of characters in cell a)

the function i have is:

=replace(e4:e56,43,7,a4:a56)

where do i place this function for this work (ie, which cell), and is this function correct ?

this is work related, so i cannot display the extact information, but do need some help asap, as this work is to be completed by tomorrow at the latest, and i have 88 worksheets to apply this to.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks

marty

[Paul Sheppard]

hi,

not sure how to explain this, but i will do my best. i'm having difficulty with 2 things: where to place a particular function, and how to make it work.

i have a worksheet with 5 colums (a to e), and 58 rows (4 to 56). i am trying to affect column "e" by replacing a specific part of the text within the cell, with the text in cell "a", in a ascending order (replace e3 with a3, e4 with a4, and so on)

the text in cell e starts at position 43 (inlcuding all spaces and characters), and is 7 characters long (which is the same amount of characters in cell a)

the function i have is:

=replace(e4:e56,43,7,a4:a56)

where do i place this function for this work (ie, which cell), and is this function correct ?

this is work related, so i cannot display the extact information, but do need some help asap, as this work is to be completed by tomorrow at the latest, and i have 88 worksheets to apply this to.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks

marty

Hi marty

In cell F4 put this formula, =REPLACE(E4,43,7,A4) and copy down to F56

[buymearing]

did that. i'm not able to see any results. am i missing something ?

[Paul Sheppard]

did that. i'm not able to see any results. am i missing something ?

Hi Marty

have a look at the attached

[buymearing]

hi,

your example worked, and it's exactly what i did, but it's not doing it for me. i will try to reinstall office on my system, as i fear since i was able to replacate successfuly at home, as you did as well, but not at my office, thus there might be a problem with my office/excel.

thank you for your assistance.

marty