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    goOGLE SHEeet: Text and left function

    Hi guys,

    Can someone assist me with my sheet here:

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

    ON the copy of leaderboard v4 slide, cell F1, i am trying to write this formula: ="20 points winners from:" & =LEFT(A1,10) BASICALLY, I want line 2 from cell A1 and trying to combine the text to read: 20 point winners from Wolves 1-1 Man Utd

    Can anyone see why my sheet is giving me an error message?

    Thank you!
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    R.



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    Re: goOGLE SHEeet: Text and left function

    Where is the error message? Which cell(s) are we supposed to be looking at?
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    Re: goOGLE SHEeet: Text and left function

    OK, so what are you expecting it to return?

    At the moment you have this:

    ="20 points winners from:" & =LEFT(B1,10)

    Try this:

    ="20 points winners from:" & LEFT(A1,10)

    B1 is part of a merged cell and you won't need the = before LEFT - you only need to initiate a formula at the very beginning with =.

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    Re: goOGLE SHEeet: Text and left function

    Thank you Ali, fixed it now! rep added

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