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I have some data that I want to edit on my worksheet. The data looks like this: CX=John Doe. I want to get rid of the, "CX=" part and just have the first and last name.
 

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dave8 said:
I have some data that I want to edit on my worksheet. The data looks like this: CX=John Doe. I want to get rid of the, "CX=" part and just have the first and last name.
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Are there always 3 characters in front of the name? If so...

=REPLACE(A1,1,3,"")

Otherwise...

=REPLACE(A1,1,FIND("=",A1),"")
 
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