How do you truncate a text string?

[dailygluttony]

Hello,

I was wondering if there's a function that allows me to chop character
of a fixed length off of text strings of varying lengths. For example
if I have the following strings:

12345-ABC
123456-DEF

I want to be able to cut off the "-ABC" or the "-DEF" and be left with

12345
123456

Normally, I would simply use an =LEFT to capture the part I need, bu
since the part before the dash is of varying lengths, I'm not sure ho
to do this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[jeffstew1]

Try This:

=LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1,1)-1) where A1 is your text.

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

Data > text to columns, select delimited, click next, select - as other
delimiter click next select the right column and check do not import (skip)
under column data format. That way you can do a whole column in one fell
swoop


--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom



"dailygluttony" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
news:[email protected]...