Formula Needed to Omit Characters

A

addie

Is there a formula that would recognize and omit specific characters
within a field?

Example:

Data Field has the following 9 characters "R0502AA01".

Only the following 7 characters: "R0502--01" should be picked up or
recognized.

What formula will pick up the 1st-5th and the 8th-9th characters and
bypass the 6th & 7th characters?

Addie
 
B

Bernard Liengme

No sure what is meant by 'recognized'
=LEFT(A1,5)
=RIGHT(A1,2)
=MID(A1,1,5)
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,"AA","--")
Any help?
 
S

SteveG

Addie,

As long as your data is always in the same format (9 characters with
the 6th & 7th being the data to omit),

=SUBSTITUTE(A1,MID(A1,6,2),"")

HTH

Steve
 
S

SteveG

Another option, if your numbers are inconsitently formatted where som
have 1 letter in the 6th position, 2 letters in 6th & 7th or no letter
then try,

=CHOOSE(LEN(A1)-6,A1,SUBSTITUTE(A1,MID(A1,6,1),""),SUBSTITUTE(A1,MID(A1,6,2),""))

This only works if the smallest number of characters you'll have is 7.

HTH

Stev
 

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