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    search for key in string of text & return position in that string

    Hi.

    I have a list of product numbers all different in length & format followed by space, then "-" another space and the product name

    for example:

    123.678 - product1
    182 - product2
    81.70.2h.hy.60 - product 3
    qwerty.78 - product 4

    I'd like to know how to return the position of first occurance of space so I can apply a =left() function to end with list of product numbers alone.

    Suggestions>?

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    This will find the first space
    =FIND(" ",A1)
    This will find -
    =FIND("-",A1)
    This will return 123.678
    =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1))
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    yeaAAA! Thanks Noob!

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