Remove Everything When Numbers End To Adjacent Column

Dazzawm

Dazzawm

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I have numbers as below. When the numbers end I want everything removed to the adjacent column. I cant use text to columns as there are varying lengths etc. So a code or formula please.

P.S Some may not have letters etc after numbers for example WA2345

Before

Excel 2010
[Table="width:, class:head"][tr=bgcolor:#888888][th]Row\Col[/th][th]
AE​
[/th][/tr]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
15998​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA11711N[/td][/tr]


[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
15999​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA20293R[/td][/tr]


[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
16000​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA22721N-WSD[/td][/tr]


[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
16001​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA20563-OS[/td][/tr]


[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
16002​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA20700N[/td][/tr]


[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
16003​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA20562-OS[/td][/tr]
[/table][Table="width:, class:grid"][tr][td]Sheet: Sheet1[/td][/tr][/table]

After

Excel 2010
[Table="width:, class:head"][tr=bgcolor:#888888][th]Row\Col[/th][th]
AE​
[/th][th]
AF​
[/th][/tr]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
15997​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA20325[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]N[/td][/tr]


[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
15998​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA11711[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]N[/td][/tr]


[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
15999​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA20293[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]R[/td][/tr]


[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
16000​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA22721[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]N-WSD[/td][/tr]


[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
16001​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA20563[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]-OS[/td][/tr]


[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
16002​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA20700[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]N[/td][/tr]


[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#888888]
16003​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]WA20562[/td][td=bgcolor:#99CCFF]-OS[/td][/tr]
[/table][Table="width:, class:grid"][tr][td]Sheet: Sheet1[/td][/tr][/table]
 

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Hi
see this tester code
If this what you need, you may amend or tell me
Code: 
Sub tester()
 Dim sm As Object, a
 a = Application.Transpose(Cells(23, 1).Resize(6))
 ReDim b(1 To 6, 1 To 2)
    With CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
        .Global = True
        .Pattern = "(.+?\d+)|(.?|w)+"
        For j = 1 To 6
        Set m = .Execute(a(j))
        For i = 0 To m.Count - 1
            Set sm1 = m(0).submatches
            Set sm2 = m(1)
                b(j, 1) = sm1(0)
                b(j, 2) = sm2
        Next
        Next
    End With
    [b23].Resize(UBound(b, 1), 2) = b
End Sub
In here the data in range A23 down
 
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Non regex method

Place in (standard) module
Code: 
Function RemoveEnd(cVal As String)
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim c As Long, x As String
    x = cVal
    For c = Len(x) To 1 Step -1
        Select Case Mid(x, c, 1)
            Case 0 To 9:    Exit For
            Case Else:      x = Left(x, c - 1)
        End Select
    Next c
    If x = "" Then x = cVal
    RemoveEnd = x
End Function

Excel 2016 (Windows) 32 bit
[Table="width:, class:head"][tr=bgcolor:#E0E0F0][th] [/th][th]
A​
[/th][th]
B​
[/th][th]
C​
[/th][th]
D​
[/th][th]
E​
[/th][th]
F​
[/th][/tr]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
1​
[/td][td]Oiginal[/td][td]Result1[/td][td]Result2[/td][td]in B2 copied down[/td][td]in C2 copied down[/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
2​
[/td][td]WA11711N[/td][td]WA11711[/td][td]N[/td][td] =RemoveEnd(A2)[/td][td] =SUBSTITUTE(A2,B2,"")[/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
3​
[/td][td]WA20293R[/td][td]WA20293[/td][td]R[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
4​
[/td][td]WA22721N-WSD[/td][td]WA22721[/td][td]N-WSD[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
5​
[/td][td]WA20563-OS[/td][td]WA20563[/td][td]-OS[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
6​
[/td][td]WA20700N[/td][td]WA20700[/td][td]N[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
7​
[/td][td]WA20562-OS[/td][td]WA20562[/td][td]-OS[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
8​
[/td][td]ABCDEF[/td][td]ABCDEF[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
9​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[/table][Table="width:, class:grid"][tr][td]Sheet: Sheet4[/td][/tr][/table]
 
Upvote 0
Yongle said:
Non regex method

Place in (standard) module
Code: 
Function RemoveEnd(cVal As String)
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim c As Long, x As String
    x = cVal
    For c = Len(x) To 1 Step -1
        Select Case Mid(x, c, 1)
            Case 0 To 9:    Exit For
            Case Else:      x = Left(x, c - 1)
        End Select
    Next c
    If x = "" Then x = cVal
    RemoveEnd = x
End Function
Click to expand...

Works good thanks
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0
Sorry just noticed there are some numbers like this WA13381N-6G so the result is WA13381N-6. Where like the others it should be WA13381 and N-6G
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0
Suggested alternative rule
- first truncate at LAST found hyphen (if any)
- then truncate at LAST found number


perhaps ...

Code: 
Function RemoveEnd(cVal As String)
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim c As Long, x As String
    x = cVal
    c = InStr(x, "-")
    If c > 0 Then x = Left(x, c - 1)
    For c = Len(x) To 1 Step -1
        Select Case Mid(x, c, 1)
            Case 0 To 9:    Exit For
            Case Else:      x = Left(x, c - 1)
        End Select
    Next c
    If x = "" Then x = cVal
    RemoveEnd = x
End Function


Excel 2016 (Windows) 32 bit
[Table="width:, class:head"][tr=bgcolor:#E0E0F0][th] [/th][th]
A​
[/th][th]
B​
[/th][th]
C​
[/th][th]
D​
[/th][th]
E​
[/th][th]
F​
[/th][/tr]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
1​
[/td][td]Oiginal[/td][td]Result1[/td][td]Result2[/td][td]in B2 copied down[/td][td]in C2 copied down[/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
2​
[/td][td]WA11711N[/td][td]WA11711[/td][td]N[/td][td] =RemoveEnd(A2)[/td][td] =SUBSTITUTE(A2,B2,"")[/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
3​
[/td][td]WA20293R[/td][td]WA20293[/td][td]R[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
4​
[/td][td]WA22721N-WSD[/td][td]WA22721[/td][td]N-WSD[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
5​
[/td][td]WA20563-OS[/td][td]WA20563[/td][td]-OS[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
6​
[/td][td]WA20700N[/td][td]WA20700[/td][td]N[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
7​
[/td][td]WA20562-OS[/td][td]WA20562[/td][td]-OS[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
8​
[/td][td]ABCDEF1[/td][td]ABCDEF1[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
9​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]WA13381N-6G[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]WA13381[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]N-6G[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
10​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[/table][Table="width:, class:grid"][tr][td]Sheet: Sheet4[/td][/tr][/table]
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0
Maybe try this formula solution

1] In B2, copied down :

=IFERROR(LEFT(A2,MATCH(1,INDEX(-MID(LEFT(A2,FIND("-",A2&"-")),ROW($1:$99),1),0))),A2)

2] In C2, copied down :

=SUBSTITUTE(A2,B2,"")

Regards
Bosco
 
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Are you over-complicating :confused: :confused:

EVERY example provided by you could be returned with

=LEFT(A2,7)

Excel 2016 (Windows) 32 bit
[Table="width:, class:head"][tr=bgcolor:#E0E0F0][th] [/th][th]
A​
[/th][th]
B​
[/th][th]
C​
[/th][th]
D​
[/th][th]
E​
[/th][th]
F​
[/th][th]
G​
[/th][th]
H​
[/th][/tr]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
1​
[/td][td]Oiginal[/td][td]Result1[/td][td]Result2[/td][td]in B2 copied down[/td][td]in C2 copied down[/td][td]SAME as B[/td][td]In F2 copied down[/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
2​
[/td][td]WA11711N[/td][td]WA11711[/td][td]N[/td][td] =RemoveEnd(A2)[/td][td] =SUBSTITUTE(A2,B2,"")[/td][td]WA11711[/td][td] =LEFT(A2,7)[/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
3​
[/td][td]WA20293R[/td][td]WA20293[/td][td]R[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]WA20293[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
4​
[/td][td]WA22721N-WSD[/td][td]WA22721[/td][td]N-WSD[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]WA22721[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
5​
[/td][td]WA20563-OS[/td][td]WA20563[/td][td]-OS[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]WA20563[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
6​
[/td][td]WA20700N[/td][td]WA20700[/td][td]N[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]WA20700[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
7​
[/td][td]WA20562-OS[/td][td]WA20562[/td][td]-OS[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]WA20562[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
8​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]WA13381N-6G[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]WA13381[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]N-6G[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]WA13381[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E0E0F0]
9​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[/table][Table="width:, class:grid"][tr][td]Sheet: Sheet4[/td][/tr][/table]
 
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Yongle said:
Suggested alternative rule
- first truncate at LAST found hyphen (if any)
- then truncate at LAST found number


perhaps ...

Code: 
Function RemoveEnd(cVal As String)
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim c As Long, x As String
    x = cVal
    c = InStr(x, "-")
    If c > 0 Then x = Left(x, c - 1)
    For c = Len(x) To 1 Step -1
        Select Case Mid(x, c, 1)
            Case 0 To 9:    Exit For
            Case Else:      x = Left(x, c - 1)
        End Select
    Next c
    If x = "" Then x = cVal
    RemoveEnd = x
End Function
Click to expand...
Nice one thanks
 
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