trim cells

juster21

juster21

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I have cells containing dates and initials (3/5/09 jd).
I need to remove the space and initials.

Please advise...thanks!!
 

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How about:

=left(a1,len(a1)-3)

Or if it is the same initials or just a couple you could use find and repalce to find the space and initials and repalce with nothing.

Hope that helps.
 
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Hi, assuming the initials may vary and the position of the space due to the length of the date part, try this

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

hope this helps
 
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