Reducing the number of digits in a cell

[Borge14]

Hi,

Is there a way of automatically reducing the number of digits in
cell?

I have a spreadsheet containing 16,000 zip/postcodes. I need to remov
the last two digits in each postcode. Is this possible?

Any help that anyone can give would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Georg

 

[Gazeta]

U¿ytkownik "Borge14" <[email protected]>
napisa³ w wiadomoœci

Hi,

Is there a way of automatically reducing the number of digits in a
cell?

I have a spreadsheet containing 16,000 zip/postcodes. I need to remove
the last two digits in each postcode. Is this possible?

Any help that anyone can give would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
George

=LEFT(A1;LEN(A1)-2)
works for zipcode in a1
mcg

 

[Borge14]

Cheers.

Although for some reason it doesn't seem to be working. Can I email you
the document so you can take a look and see why that may be?

 

[starguy]

use comma instead of semi colon, formula should be like this

=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-2)

 

[Gazeta]

U¿ytkownik "Borge14" <[email protected]>
napisa³ w wiadomoœci

Cheers.

Although for some reason it doesn't seem to be working. Can I email you
the document so you can take a look and see why that may be?

sure
mcg

 

[Borge14]

That works perfectly. Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Be aware tho, that if your original number has a space between it's main
characters and the last two you wish to eliminate, the formula as given will
leave the space still there........this mod will also delete the space......

=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3