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July 23rd, 2004, 11:32 AM
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Copy part of a cell
My problem, I have a cell which displays a value of 4/abcd1
I want another cell to equal this only without the 4/ ie cell A1 = 4/abcd1 I want cell B1 to = cell A1 but only ignore the first two charters ie cell B1 will return abcd1 How do I do it? cheers 
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July 23rd, 2004, 11:40 AM
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Hi
try =MID(A1,3,255) -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany Suddes wrote: My problem, I have a cell which displays a value of 4/abcd1 I want another cell to equal this only without the 4/ ie cell A1 = 4/abcd1 I want cell B1 to = cell A1 but only ignore the first two charters ie cell B1 will return abcd1 How do I do it? cheers
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July 23rd, 2004, 12:01 PM
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Copy part of a cell
One way is in B1 type
=MID(A1,3,6) this will take the text from the 3rd character and the next 6. If your original data is likely to be longer amend the 6 to whatever you want. Another way in B1 type =MID(A1,FIND("/",A1)+1,6) this allows for different lengths of data before the / i.e. A/abcd1 but will also handle AAA/abcd1 hth Mike --- Message posted from http://www.ExcelForum.com/
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July 23rd, 2004, 12:05 PM
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Copy part of a cell
Sorted i use =MID formula and it works a treat.
Thanks "Suddes" wrote: My problem, I have a cell which displays a value of 4/abcd1 I want another cell to equal this only without the 4/ ie cell A1 = 4/abcd1 I want cell B1 to = cell A1 but only ignore the first two charters ie cell B1 will return abcd1 How do I do it? cheers
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July 23rd, 2004, 12:07 PM
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If you generally want it to ignore the first two characters then try
=MID(A1,3,LEN(A1)-2) If you want the last four characters, then it is easier with =right(A1,4) LoucaGreen --- Message posted from http://www.ExcelForum.com/
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July 23rd, 2004, 12:16 PM
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Copy part of a cell
=REPLACE(A1,1,2,"")
"Suddes" wrote in message ... My problem, I have a cell which displays a value of 4/abcd1 I want another cell to equal this only without the 4/ ie cell A1 = 4/abcd1 I want cell B1 to = cell A1 but only ignore the first two charters ie cell B1 will return abcd1 How do I do it? cheers
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