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Formula to correct spacing in UK postcodes?

  1. 05-09-2016, 09:51 AM #1
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    Formula to correct spacing in UK postcodes?

    Hello all,

    I'd be so grateful if you could help me. I have thousands of UK post codes in one column. Most are formatted correctly but many are missing spaces. For any non-UK residents reading this, our post codes either have a 2 character, 3 character or 4 character prefix like this:

    A1 2BC
    AB1 2CD
    AB12 3CD

    However, I have a lot of records that are missing those spaces after the prefix, like this:

    A12BC
    AB123CD
    AB12CD

    Although the number of characters in the prefix vary, UK postcodes always end with 3 characters after the space.

    Is there any way of checking for a space before the last three characters, then adding a space if one isn't found? Or any other solutions you can think of?
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    Re: Formula to correct spacing in UK postcodes?

    A fairly simple =UPPER(TRIM(LEFT(A1, LEN(A1)-3)) & " " & RIGHT(A1, 3))
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    Re: Formula to correct spacing in UK postcodes?

    Enter this formula in B1 and copy down
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    Re: Formula to correct spacing in UK postcodes?

    Thank you both so much for your help!
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    Re: Formula to correct spacing in UK postcodes?

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    Re: Formula to correct spacing in UK postcodes?

    Here is another that will handle spaces and those without them

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