[mso] Re: Excel Formula
- From: "Cedric Halforty" <halforty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:11:00 +1100
Christine,
Try the following:
It looks like 2005 is the year and is therefore a fix length after the "-"
Use find("-",cell) to determine the position of the "-". This will return a
number. In your example, 6
Then use mid(cell,6+5,5) [6 is the start position and 5 the offset, the
second 5 is the number of characters]
Are the characters between the two "-" a fixed length?
Cedric
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Of McDonald, Christine, Ms, DCAA
Sent: 19 August, 2005 2:46 AM
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Subject: [mso] Excel Formula
I know I've done this before, but can't find the formula again. I have
a column of data that I need to extract the 5 characters after the first
letter in cell. So, for instance, if I have a cell that has
04421-2005B12345789-test I need to extract the 12345. The data is not
the same length in each cell, so the text to columns or mid feature
won't work.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Christine McDonald, CPA
Technical Specialist
Western Regional Office
Information Technology Division (RSA-4)
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