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I've attempted to search online, but with zero luck. Is there a way to remove all characters in a string except a specified string? My string is NP. I have a column that will have different variations of NP. For example CRNP or CRNP MSN and my end goal is remove all characters and just end up...

Hey all, I am looking to select a column range up until the character "-" is encountered. The array is C8 to C17. I tried the following: =OFFSET(C8, 0, 0, MATCH("-", C8:C17, 1)-1, 1) But wasn't quite working as expected. Any help would be much appreciated Cheers

I have a field where the data type is Calculated Left([Emp_LastName],5) & Left([Emp_FirstName],2) FYI This creates a UserID. I want this is be the default but let the user make up a 5 character one if they choose. whats the best way to do this?

Using Excel 2000</SPAN></SPAN> Hi,</SPAN></SPAN> 1-My data columns C:P in cells</SPAN></SPAN> 2-Predefined numbers columns R:Z</SPAN></SPAN> 3-Extract and join them in columns AB:AJ</SPAN></SPAN> Extract predefined number of characters from columns C:P (as per specified in columns R:Z) and...

Using Excel 2000</SPAN></SPAN> Hi,</SPAN></SPAN> Data located in columns C:J in cells C6:J36</SPAN></SPAN> In the columns L:S I have filled some numbers and in the same rows columns C:J characters are highlighted according in order of the columns (L:C, M:D, N:E, O:F, P:G, Q:H, R:I, And...

Hey guys - I have an inputbox in my macro that will prompt a user to enter a 3 month character for 1 of 12 months: Jan, Feb, Mar, etc. If the user doesn't type a value or most importantly, incorrectly types the month character like Jam instead of Jan, I want an error handler that will notify...

Sample data set below shows two separate text options within the column if the data has the _ within the cell I need to run a different formula than the ones without a _. And to avoid mistake the _ should only appear in the second character position. <colgroup><col width="65"...

I've loaded a data set from our accounting database, into an array. The accounting database users appear to be accidentally pressing the enter key in the description field, saving the data afterwards. When I dump my array containing all of this information, into an excel sheet, the...

How do I find out how many cells have a character write in them? Is there a formula for this? Thank you. Below is a picture of what I mean. https://ibb.co/c8AhnJ

Hi all, this one is hard to describe, but basically I want to take a numeric value, then insert a character (text character or symbol, such as X) for each of the instances of that number. For example: If B2 has a value of 7, I want C2 to show a visual representation of the numeric value (7)...

I am using Len Function to count number of characters: =LEN(A1) Now, I have instances that I would like to count as one character and not 2. For example, instances like "DZ" or "LJ", if they exist anywhere in the word it should be counted as -1 to the total of characters. I can solve this...

I have recently had a series of problems with Vlookup where the lookup_value has a character length >7 digits. I found a way around the problem with Index and Match, but now wonder is it a known glitch or something wrong with my computer, Excel version v2016?

I need to check when characters are and are NOT within a cell. =IF(AND(FIND("<>"&"!",$G11),FIND("<>"&"^",$G11)),1,0) G11 = !Project Planning The first logic test will produce a TRUE, but instead of the second one giving a FALSE, it gives a #VALUE error. I know I can do the reverse by doing...

When I export my XLSM sheet to a CSV I have a special character that turns from the character Φ in the XLSM to a ? in the CSV I have tried saving the sheet as CSV then going into Tools->Web Options->Encoding-> and selecting Unicode (UTF-8) but is still turns this character into a ? when I open...

Hi all, Is it possible to conduct the following checks in the order listed? 1. Is the first character a number or letter, if it's a letter, is it capitalised? If it's not capitalised, it needs review. 2. Is any character after any space capitalised and the following character not capitalised...

Hello guys, I have an audacious project in my mind. I want to draw a 16 colour bitmap file in VBA. I want to draw the messages af an LCD display that has 5 lines of 30 characters The file has a size of about 170Kb. I wonder what are the limitations of VBA. Furthermore, is my hardware going to...

Hi. got a question (hopefully quick) regarding formula based on characters within cells. If i want to display a certain value if the first two characters in cell a2 are greater than the first two characters in a1 how would i do this? I've tried (cells are different i am aware but same...

I have a dataset with numerous combinations of alpha and numeric values in a given column. I need to do TWO things. 1) Determine if the 1st character is numeric - if so, the initial condition is met. 2) If numeric, is the character between 1 and 9 (greater than 0) - if so, the final condition...

Hello, I have a need to compare 2 columns and put the result in the third column. The critical part here is to compare letter to letter. so unable to find a logic to do this. Request your help The data is as below: <colgroup><col span="2"><col></colgroup><tbody> Column1 Column2 Result...