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    Guys

    I've created a spreadsheet which calculates scores for Soccer/Football predictions based on correctly predicted scores against actual results.

    As part of this, I would like to display in my sheet the list of results from the previous week along with the scores actualy scored. I will then use the actual scores to work out how many points I would have earned based on my predicted scores.

    I have my data source here and have inported this table into Excel no problem using the Data from Web tool.

    http://www.soccervista.com/results-C...12-824335.html

    However, when I look at the row that shows what the scores were (E), the data is in an odd format. What should look like a ratio on the actual website (example 2:1 or 1:1) ends up looking like this... 02:01 and 01:01.

    I have tried using =LEFT and =RIGHT, even =MID to just take part of the cell that I need and put it into another cell that I can then use later, for example =LEFT(E2,5) which I hoped would show the 5th characted in the cell in this case of it were 02:01 I would expect to see '1'.

    But this isn't the case....I get very different results. Bizarrely if I tell my =LEFT statement to show 8 characteds starting from the left, it gives me a long string of numbers which it is apparently getting from the cell E2! Even though I I can only see 02:01 in it!

    I hope that makes sence above. Sorry for the essay, I was trying to make sure I explained properly what the problem is.

    All I want is to be able to extract the score results as shown in the web site into two different cells for use against an IF statement.

    Appreciate any help

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    Re: Import Data from Web - Syntax issue

    Can anyone help?

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