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    Formula to trim data from original cell from other cell which contains it?

    For example:

    Cell A1 has:
    Peter is walking his dog
    Cell B1 has:
    walking his dog

    preferably how can I remove the "walking his dog" from cell A1

    or to create cell C1 to read "Peter is"
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    Re: Formula to trim data from original cell from other cell which contains it?

    Try:
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    Re: Formula to trim data from original cell from other cell which contains it?

    Same question asked here: https://www.excelforum.com/excel-gen...ther-cell.html

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    Re: Formula to trim data from original cell from other cell which contains it?

    Welcome to the Forum, unfortunately this is a duplicate post and as such will now be closed, you may continue in your other thread.

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