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  1. 04-21-2022, 01:18 AM #1
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    Removing apostrophes at the beginning of a line without removing the others.

    Hello,

    I've got a question about a long list of music tracks I want to import in Spotify (before doing that I have to edit the list a bit in Excel), unfortunately partly having an apostrophe at the beginning of the line for some reason.

    How do I remove those aposthrophes at the beginning, while keeping the others (not manual, but with a formula)?

    I've tried this formula: =RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-FIND("#",SUBSTITUTE(A2,"'","#",1)))

    But this is the result:

    i.ibb.co/P50Q8yy/excel.png

    How can I manipulate that formula, to get the complete list in the 'B' column, instead of getting all those #VALUE! (#WAARDE! in The Netherlands; I'm Dutch) stuff?

    Thanks already.
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    Re: Removing apostrophes at the beginning of a line without removing the others.

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    Re: Removing apostrophes at the beginning of a line without removing the others.

    I'm not sure did I understood correctly.

    Please try

    B2
    =Mid(A1,IF(Left(A1,1)="'",2,1),255)

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    Re: Removing apostrophes at the beginning of a line without removing the others.

    Alternative solution:

    =IF(LEFT(A1,1)="'",REPLACE(A1,1,1,""),A1)

    or

    =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-IF(LEFT(A1,1)="'",1,0))
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