Opposite of 'CONCATENATE'

_Ken_

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Hi,
If I have something like this in say cell Z1
0001234smith00x23435600abc
Is there any way that I can put the first 5 characters in cell A1 the next 7 in B1 the next 4 in C1 .....etc
What I am trying to do is the opposite of the CONCATENATE function.

Ken
 

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Berg891832,
That works well for the beginning characters, but what about those in the middle, or for instance only the 4th and 5th characters??
Has anybody got any ideas?

Ken
 
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OR...if you had a whole column of similar data, you could use the Data>Text to Columns feature, choose fixed width columns, and then follow the instructions to separate the data into desired column widths. Cheers! /s/ Larry
 
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