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How_Do_I

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Hello, can anyone tidy these formulas up for me please... Is there a formula that I could place in the first cell and drag aross the row...?

Excel Workbook
BCDEF
21Record Type:Former Reference:Title:Author:
22Record Type: Memorandum. Former Reference: WP (44) 642. Title: German Leaflet dropped from Flying Bomb. Author: Herbert Morrison.Memorandum.WP (44) 642.German Leaflet dropped from Flying Bomb.Herbert Morrison.
Sheet1
 

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This should:

=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE($A22,":",REPT(" ",LEN($A22))),".",REPT(" ",LEN($A22))),(COLUMNS($A$22:A22)-1)*LEN($A22)*2+LEN($A22),LEN($A22)))
 
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try this:

=TRIM(MID($B22,FIND(C$21,$B22)+LEN(C$21),IF(ISBLANK(D$21),9999,FIND(D$21,$B22)-FIND(C$21,$B22)-LEN(C$21))))
 
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This should:

=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE($A22,":",REPT(" ",LEN($A22))),".",REPT(" ",LEN($A22))),(COLUMNS($A$22:A22)-1)*LEN($A22)*2+LEN($A22),LEN($A22)))

Thank you very much steve the fish...!
 
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Hi,

Here's another one, formula copied across as far as needed:


Book1
BCDEF
22Record Type: Memorandum. Former Reference: WP (44) 642. Title: German Leaflet dropped from Flying Bomb. Author: Herbert Morrison.MemorandumWP (44) 642German Leaflet dropped from Flying BombHerbert Morrison
Sheet540
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C22=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE($B22,": ",REPT(" ",LEN($B22))),". ",REPT(" ",LEN($B22))),(COLUMNS($B$22:B22)*2-1)*LEN($B22),LEN($B22)))
 
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Hi Gus

An alternative formula which combines your original formulae :-
Code:
=TRIM(MID($B$22,SEARCH(C$21,$B$22)+LEN(C$21),IF(COLUMNS($C$21:C$21)<counta($c$21:$z$21),search(d$21,$b$22)-search(c$21,$b$22)-len(c$21),len($b$22)-search(c$21,$b$22)+len(c$21))))[ code]
in C22 and dragged across.

hth

Sorry, or  should that be Sarri, about Sundays loss to Man City.</counta($c$21:$z$21),search(d$21,$b$22)-search(c$21,$b$22)-len(c$21),len($b$22)-search(c$21,$b$22)+len(c$21))))[>
 
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Gus

The above seems to have mucked up with the editing here is the formula :-
Code:
=TRIM(MID($B$22,SEARCH(C$21,$B$22)+LEN(C$21),IF(COLUMNS($C$21:C$21) < COUNTA($C$21:$Z$21),SEARCH(D$21,$B$22)-SEARCH(C$21,$B$22)-LEN(C$21),LEN($B$22)-SEARCH(C$21,$B$22)+LEN(C$21))))
 
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