Formula to remove text from an address in a cell

sobrien1234

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  1. 365
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I have a list of addresses which are all different in length. In column A I have the full address and in column B I have half the address (i.e. town/suburb and postcode). I need a formula to delete all the text in column B from the text in column A. Example below:
Column A Column B
444 David Street ALBURY NSW 2640 ALBURY NSW 2640
Suite 105, 350 George Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 SYDNEY NSW 2000
Shop 1A 24 Belgrave Street KOGARAH NSW 2217 KOGARAH NSW 2217


If formula works the answers in column C would be:
444 David Street
Suite 105, 350 George Street
Shop 1A 24 Belgrave Street

Thanks In advance!!:confused::confused:
 

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=LEFT(A1,FIND("Street",A1)+5)

Works for your example. This will not work if you have Drive, Road, etc. instead of street.
 
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Book1
AB
25444 David Street ALBURY NSW 2640 ALBURY NSW 2640444 David Street
26Suite 105, 350 George Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 SYDNEY NSW 2000Suite 105, 350 George Street
27Shop 1A 24 Belgrave Street KOGARAH NSW 2217 KOGARAH NSW 2217Shop 1A 24 Belgrave Street
sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B25=LEFT(A25,SEARCH("street",A25,1)+6)
 
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Thanks but you are right - doesn't work for roads and avenues etc. and tem on the here's plenty of them on the list
 
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It works great for me, in what way does it not work for you?

Going off of your original description
In column A I have the full address and in column B I have half the address (i.e. town/suburb and postcode). I need a formula to delete all the text in column B from the text in column A


Unknown
ABC
1Full AddressHalf AddressFormula
2444 David Street ALBURY NSW 2640ALBURY NSW 2640444 David Street
3Suite 105, 350 George Street SYDNEY NSW 2000SYDNEY NSW 2000Suite 105, 350 George Street
4Shop 1A 24 Belgrave Street KOGARAH NSW 2217KOGARAH NSW 2217Shop 1A 24 Belgrave Street
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A2,B2,""))
C3=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A3,B3,""))
C4=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A4,B4,""))
 
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fantastic!! Sorry for confusion - there was an extra space between the state and the postcode in column B but I have deleted it and it works great. Thanks a million!!:)
 
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