Formula to show excel cell value before the second hyphen

tkeiffer

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Office Version
  1. 365
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  1. Windows
Hello,
I have data that contains at least one hyphen or dash. I'd like to pull only the first 2 text areas before the second hyphen, and the entire cell if there is only one hyphen. In the example data below
AC-CO-AT
AC-COB
AC-COB-2CL
AC-INT-ECS-2CL

I'd like the formula to show:

AC-CO
AC-COB
AC-COB
AC-INT

Is this possible?
Thank you!!!!
T
 

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Try this and drag it down.
Excel Formula:
=TEXTBEFORE(A1,"-",2,,,A1)

If you want a spilled formula then grab entire range.
Excel Formula:
=TEXTBEFORE(A1:A5,"-",2,,,A1:A5)
 
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