Copy first few letters from a cell

[Mat]

Dear mate,

I have 6000 client names and some are duplicates. I need to copy just the
first 5 letters of each client from the cell and place in the next cell. This
will help me to sum up all the ABCDE revenue as they are all same client with
different names with the first 5 letters are common.
Hope I was able to explain my issue,

For example

ABCDE Ltd
ABCDE co.
ABCDE inc
ABCDE ltee

Regards
Mat

 

[JP]

Let's say the first client name was in A1, put this formula in B1 and
fill down as needed.

=LEFT(A1,5)

Don't forget to Copy/Paste Values to get the data hardcoded into your
worksheet.

HTH,
JP

 

[FSt1]

hi
how about a formula.
=left(A1,5)
copy down. if you want hard letters, copy formula column and paste as values.

Regards
FSt1

 

[T. Valko]

=LEFT(A1,5)

Will return the first 5 characters from cell A1.

However, if you want to get a sum based on the first 5 characters you really
don't need to use a helper column.

ABCDE Ltd...50
ABCDE co....10
ABCDE inc....20
ABCDE ltee...10

Try one of these:

=SUMIF(A1:A10,"*abcde*",B1:B10)

Or

=SUMPRODUCT(--(LEFT(A1:A10,5)="abcde"),B1:B10)

 

[Don Guillett]

No need to do that. Use SUMPRODUCT where col A is the co name and col B is
the numbers to be summed.


=sumproduct((left(a2:a22,5)="ABCDE")*B2:B22)

 

[Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)]

You can also do it with a SUMIF function call...

=SUMIF(A1:A10,"ABCDE*",B1:B10)

(Mat... note the asterisk after the 5 character string you want to sum for)

Rick

 

[Mat]

Dear Fst1,

Thanks. That was simple.

Regards

Mat

 

[Mat]

Thank you

hi
how about a formula.
=left(A1,5)
copy down. if you want hard letters, copy formula column and paste as values.

Regards
FSt1

 

[Don Guillett]

Rick, It appears that the OP wants to do it the hard way.

 

[Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)]

Yes, it does seem so.

Rick

Rick, It appears that the OP wants to do it the hard way.

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Don Guillett
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