Text and data separated by a colon

burnsnd85

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I need to copy one column of info with text and data separated by a colon (customer one:12345) and only paste the data (12345) into the second column. Simpler solution preferred. Any suggestions?
 

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=right(a1,len(a1)-find(":",a1))

Or use Text to Columns, with ":" as your delimiter
 
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Try using Text-To-Columns, using ":" as the delimiter. It will put "Customer One" in the first column, and the ID number in the second column.
 
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I need to copy one column of info with text and data separated by a colon (customer one:12345) and only paste the data (12345) into the second column. Simpler solution preferred. Any suggestions?
Paste the data then do a Text to Columns operation.

  • Delimited>Other>enter a colon
  • Next
  • Do not import
  • Finish
 
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Beerholder: I'm trying but not having any success. Should I use your formula with 'Find and Replace'?
 
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