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    delete middle part of text string

    I am looking for a formula to delete information from the middle of a text string. I have ~ 1,000 lines of data. Each text string is composed of the same way. The data I am looking for is two parts of the string (1) all the text up to and including the first “%” character (2) the last six characters. Thank you in advance for any comments. Examples as below:


    Raw Data
    CARDINAL HEALTH 5.5%13CARDINAL 5.513 CARDINAL HLTH 5.5 061513
    UST BILL 0%09US TREAS BILL 0%09 UST BILL 0.0 092409
    WORLD SAVINGS 4.125%09WORLD 4.125%09 WORLD SVGS 4.125 121509
    JP MORGAN 5.375%12JP 5.375%12 JPMORGAN CHS5.375 100112


    Desired Result
    CARDINAL HEALTH 5.5% 061513
    UST BILL 0% 092409
    WORLD SAVINGS 4.125% 121509
    JP MORGAN 5.375% 100112
    Last edited by maacmaac; 03-30-2009 at 03:59 PM.

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    Re: delete middle part of text string

    Try:

    =LEFT(A1,FIND("%",A1))&RIGHT(A1,7)

    where A1 contains string to parse
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    Re: delete middle part of text string

    Thanks for the quick reply. Much appreciated.

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