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September 13th, 2005, 11:39 AM
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Striping a common word from a field
Hi.
Im working on an A2000/XP mdb which has a field containing entries like "Maths Mentor", "English Mentor", "Music Mentor" etc. The second word is always Mentor. Is there an expression I can use in a query that strips off the "Mentor" part and allows me to produce a field in a report containing just "Maths", "Music" etc? I'm not too worried about removing the space between the words. Thanks, JohnB 
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September 13th, 2005, 12:03 PM
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See the online Help for the Replace() function.
Replace("Math Mentor", " Mentor", "") ....or... Trim(Replace("Math Mentor", "Mentor", "")) ....will both return "Math" Regards, Graham R Seach Microsoft Access MVP Sydney, Australia --------------------------- "JohnB" wrote in message ... Hi. Im working on an A2000/XP mdb which has a field containing entries like "Maths Mentor", "English Mentor", "Music Mentor" etc. The second word is always Mentor. Is there an expression I can use in a query that strips off the "Mentor" part and allows me to produce a field in a report containing just "Maths", "Music" etc? I'm not too worried about removing the space between the words. Thanks, JohnB
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September 13th, 2005, 01:03 PM
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Hi Graham.
Thanks Graham. I was confused a little at first until I realised that you meant: Replace([Function], " Mentor", "") where Function is the name of the field in question. Works perfectly when I use that. Thanks for the quick response, JohnB "Graham R Seach" wrote: See the online Help for the Replace() function. Replace("Math Mentor", " Mentor", "") ....or... Trim(Replace("Math Mentor", "Mentor", "")) ....will both return "Math" Regards, Graham R Seach Microsoft Access MVP Sydney, Australia --------------------------- "JohnB" wrote in message ... Hi. Im working on an A2000/XP mdb which has a field containing entries like "Maths Mentor", "English Mentor", "Music Mentor" etc. The second word is always Mentor. Is there an expression I can use in a query that strips off the "Mentor" part and allows me to produce a field in a report containing just "Maths", "Music" etc? I'm not too worried about removing the space between the words. Thanks, JohnB
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