Lookup to return first x characters of result

CookieMonster76

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Hi

I have a simple lookup:

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B183,'Sheet2'!A:T,20,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(B183,'Sheet2'!A:T,20,FALSE))

However, the result (i.e. the data in Col T had 9 characters, but I need the lookup to only display the first 8 characters. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks

Paul
 

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Hey,

try:
=LEFT(IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B183,'Sheet2'!A:T,20,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(B183,'Sheet2'!A:T,20,FALSE)),8)
 
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can't you use the =left(your formula here,8) to get the first 8?
 
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Hi

I have a simple lookup:

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B183,'Sheet2'!A:T,20,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(B183,'Sheet2'!A:T,20,FALSE))

However, the result (i.e. the data in Col T had 9 characters, but I need the lookup to only display the first 8 characters. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks

Paul

you might be able to simplify the formula to

=iferror(VLOOKUP(B183,'Sheet2'!A:T,20,FALSE),"")
 
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