I have a data set that is populated for me with people who have opted out of receiving text messages. When I export this data set into excel it automatically places a 1 before the phone number.
Example - 15555555555
What I need is to remove the 1 before the phone number AND be able to reformat into (555) 555-5555
I have tried =right(A1,len(A1)-1) which removes the 1 and leaves me with the 9 digits I need BUT I can't seem to then format into (555) 555-5555.
Any ideas?
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Try:
="("&MID(A1,2,3)&") "&MID(A1,5,3)&"-"&RIGHT(A1,4)
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This worked perfectly! Thank you!
Just for fun:
=TEXT(REPLACE(A1,1,1,""),"(000) 000-0000")
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Or only =REPLACE(A1,1,1,"") and custom format the cells: "(000) 000-0000"
Last edited by AliGW; 04-17-2024 at 04:42 AM. Reason: Please don't quote unnecessarily - use the Quick Reply button instead.
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