Copying Part of a row down part of a column

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Hi,

My problem is this. I have a specific row of data that I need to
copy part of down a column, until the next row of data.

The data is in a format 12345 abcd efgh ijkl

I only need to copy the numeric portion (12345) down the column, until
the next row I need to copy (same format) shows up. What's the
best/quickest way to do this. It's like an =IF function, but I'm not
sure of the syntax.

Thanks

 

[pinmaster]

Try this:
assuming your column A is the column with your data with blank rows i
between and column B is where you want the results then.

=IF(A2<>"",LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1),B1)
start this formula in the same row as your first bit of data and cop
down.

HTH
J

 

[Guest]

This is copied from someone else's post (from quite a while ago.) I don't
have their name so I can't give proper credit:

Select column A. Hit F5. Click on Special. Click on Blanks, then OK.
Type = and then hit Up Arrow. Hold Control Key and hit Enter.

 

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Thanks to everyone who responded. What I found that works is using the
=MID function. This did exactly what I needed.