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[ExcelRoy]

Hi,

How could I remove the first 2 characters to a cell

I was thinking LEFT but not sure

Thanks

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

You need to specify how a would-be formula should know when remove the first two bits and when not?

 

[ExcelRoy]

Hi63falcondude,

=IF(ISNUMBER(A1),A1,RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-2))

works like a dream, great once again

many thanks

 

[ExcelRoy]

Hi 63falcondude,

Can I have IFERROR as part of this formula?

Regards

 

[AkaTrouble]

yepp

=IFERROR(IF(ISNUMBER(A1),A1,RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-2)),"")

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Shorter , maybe also nicer...

=REPLACE(A2,1,ISTEXT(A2)*2,"")

 

[ExcelRoy]

ooh, nice one Aladin,

many thanks everyone

 

[63falcondude]

Glad to help! Impressive formula Aladin.

 

[hiker95]

ExcelRoy,

Here is a macro solution for you to consider as long as the numbers/strings are at least 3 characters long.

Sample raw data in the active worksheet:

Excel 2007
	A
1	ADELANTE
2	63falcondude
3	AkaTrouble
4	hiker95
5	ExcelRoy
6	Aladin
7	MrExcel
8	A1:A7
9	abc
10	123
11
Sheet1

And, after the macro:

Excel 2007
	A
1	ELANTE
2	falcondude
3	aTrouble
4	ker95
5	celRoy
6	adin
7	Excel
8	:A7
9	c
10	3
11
Sheet1

Please TEST this FIRST in a COPY of your workbook (always make a backup copy before trying new code, you never know what you might lose).

1. Copy the below code
2. Open your NEW workbook
3. Press the keys ALT + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor
4. Press the keys ALT + I to activate the Insert menu
5. Press M to insert a Standard Module
6. Where the cursor is flashing, paste the code
7. Press the keys ALT + Q to exit the Editor, and return to Excel
8. To run the macro from Excel press ALT + F8 to display the Run Macro Dialog. Double Click the macro's name to Run it.

Sub RemoveFirstTwoCharacters()
' hiker95, 02/24/2017, ME993056
Dim ADDR As String
With ActiveSheet
  ADDR = .Range("A1", Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp)).Address(0, 0)
  .Range(ADDR) = Evaluate(Replace("IF(Len(@)>2,MID(@,3,LEN(@)-2))", "@", ADDR))
End With
End Sub

Before you use the macro with Excel 2007 or newer, save your workbook, Save As, a macro enabled workbook with the file extension .xlsm, and, answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.


Then run the RemoveFirstTwoCharacters macro.