Remove before first blank and after " ("

everblazing

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HI

Im trying to have the below two formulas combined so that i can remove the first part of text before space and last of a text in same cell after " (".

appreciate any help.


text in cell A2 [TABLE="width: 468"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 468"]200593 Senior Products Systems (United)[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

the formula in B2 this cuts out anything before space.
=MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,256)

this cuts out anything with " (" and after
=LEFT(B15197,FIND(" (",B15197)-1)

I need them combined.

thanks
 

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hi

im trying to have the below two formulas combined so that i can remove the first part of text before space and last of a text in same cell after " (".

Appreciate any help.


Text in cell a2 [table="width: 468"]
<tbody>[tr]
[td="class: Xl64, width: 468"]200593 senior products systems (united)[/td]
[/tr]
</tbody>[/table]

the formula in b2 this cuts out anything before space.
=mid(a2,find(" ",a2)+1,256)

this cuts out anything with " (" and after
=left(b15197,find(" (",b15197)-1)

i need them combined.

Thanks
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Code:
=left(mid(a2,find(" ",a2)+1,256),find(" (",mid(a2,find(" ",a2)+1,256))-1)
 
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wow that works, how did you manage that? i'd love a basic explanation. what was the first step you took to put the two together?

so if i was tp put that in a macro that autofills from the first blank cell in a column to the last empty cell in a collumn is it best to use .address range?

Regards.
 
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wow that works, how did you manage that? i'd love a basic explanation. what was the first step you took to put the two together?

so if i was tp put that in a macro that autofills from the first blank cell in a column to the last empty cell in a collumn is it best to use .address range?

Regards.
given from your post

the formula in B2 this cuts out anything before space.
=MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,256)

(modified this) this cuts out anything with " (" and after
=LEFT(A2,FIND(" (",A2)-1)

used your
MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,256) without the equal sign of course,
and inserted that to
=LEFT(MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,256),FIND(" (",MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,256))-1)

make sense now?

for the macro part, i can make out without a formula, omitting those characters.
 
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Though above answeres already solved your problem, I'd like to provide more options, please try the following:

=VLOOKUP(" *",MID(A2,ROW($2:99)-{1,0},FIND("(",A2)-FIND(" ",A2)-2),2,)
(Ctrl+Shift+Enter)

=REPLACE(LEFT(A2,FIND("(",A2)-2),1,FIND(" ",A2),"")

=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"(",REPT(" ",99)),FIND(" ",A2),99))

=TRIM(MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2),SUM(FIND({" ","("},A2)*{-1,1})))
 
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