Two Substitute Formulas in one cell

roxdrob

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I need the below to read White, Blue, Red & Silver. I have used the =SUBSTITUTE(B4," &", ",",1) to remove the first one, but I can't figure out how to remove the second &. Please help. TIA


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White & Blue & Red & Silver

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Hi,

Since you only gave 1 sample...if it's Always 4 words separated by commas, then use this:


Book1
AB
1White & Blue & Red & SilverWhite, Blue, Red & Silver
Sheet705
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1," &",","),","," &",3)
 
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Thanks a bunch. I tried a version of that and it wasn't working for me. Is that saying delete all but the 3rd &?

I do have other combos, like 1 & 2 "&"s, but I figured them out and was going to do an if/then formula to calculate them. Unless you know of an easier way. I'm having to do it in multiple steps.
 
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How about


Book1
AB
10White & Blue & Red & SilverWhite, Blue, Red & Silver
11Blue & Red & SilverBlue, Red & Silver
12Red & SilverRed & Silver
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B10=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A10," &",","),","," &",LEN(A10)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A10,"&","")))
 
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B3 formula will work for any number of words:


Book1
AB
1White & Blue & Red & SilverWhite, Blue, Red & Silver
2
3WhiteWhite
4White & BlueWhite & Blue
5White & Blue & RedWhite, Blue & Red
6White & Blue & Red & SilverWhite, Blue, Red & Silver
7White & Blue & Red & Silver & BlackWhite, Blue, Red, Silver & Black
Sheet705
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1," &",","),","," &",3)
B3=IFERROR(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A3," &",","),","," &",LEN(A3)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A3,"&",""))),A3)
 
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Solution
You're welcome, thanks for the feedback.

I'd like to make an improvement to my B3 formula in Post # 5 as follows:


Book1
AB
3WhiteWhite
4White & BlueWhite & Blue
5White & Blue & RedWhite, Blue & Red
6White & Blue & Red & SilverWhite, Blue, Red & Silver
7White & Blue & Red & Silver & BlackWhite, Blue, Red, Silver & Black
Sheet705
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B3=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A3," &",","),","," &",MAX(1,LEN(A3)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A3,"&",""))))
 
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