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Hi All,
I have a excel sheets which pulls in data however i need to select part of the info in one column.
For example if it says Apple - Pear - i need to only take out Pear into a separate column.
Is this possible?
Formula to slice part of a column
Hi All,
I have a excel sheets which pulls in data however i need to select part of the info in one column.
For example if it says Apple - Pear - i need to only take out Pear into a separate column.
Is this possible?
Welcome to the forum.
One example is NEVER enough, but based on it alone:
=TRIM(MID(A1,FIND("-",A1)+1,99))
If you want to split the column, rather than pulling data out, then use Text to Columns with "-" as the delimiter,
Last edited by AliGW; 05-03-2022 at 05:53 AM.
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Ah that worked perectly thank you.
Sorry i know the exmaple wasnt great.
If i was to say select the first part so Apples this time.. would i just need to tweak the same formula.
Eg Apple - Pear
to
Apple
Like this:
=TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1))
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