Homework help please!!!

astout

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i have a project where it has a set of letters a to z in three columns A, B , C ranging from 1 to 18000 and i need to delete all of the "y" s in the columns and move over to the left (or up in order) those letters after y to replace the blank spot. for example the original set is :

A B C
1 y x a
2 a y d
3 a b c
4 y x z

and needs to change to :


A B C
1 x a
2 a d
3 a b c
4 x z

do you no of any formula that could satisfy that in excel??
 

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Hi and welcome to the board.

You cannot 'delete' cells with a formula. Have a look at the Find function (Ctrl+F) and have a play with 'Find All'.
 
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Hi astout, welcome to the board!

You may want to search the board as a quick search myself has found previous threads doing exactly what you require... now I could provide you a link, but then I might as well do your homework for you ;)

Example, search: Delete Cell Move Left
 
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