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  1. 02-15-2019, 07:28 AM #1
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    Taking character up to special sign (-)

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    How can I take characters up to the special sign i have in column "A".

    I using left formula to take the 1st five digit, but I would like to set the formula to take all digits up to the special character (-)

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    Re: Taking character up to special sign (-)

    Try this: =TRIM(LEFT(A2,FIND("-",A2)-1))
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    Re: Taking character up to special sign (-)

    Please try B2
    =LEFT(A2,FIND("-",A2)-1)

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    =LEFT(A2,FIND(" -",A2)-1)
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