Extracting text from text string

E

Emile

I am trying to extract characters to the left of position 3 in a variable
length character string.

Examples: 12548698; 124586; 111478566

In the above I want to get the following 12548; 124; 111478

I have successfully extracted the last 3 characters using the RIGHT function
now I need the number left after the extraction

Have tried several formulas but no luck

Thanks for any help

Emile
 
G

Guest

Try something like this:

For a string in A1

B1: =LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-3)

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro
 
E

Emile

Thank you both

I knew the answer was simple.

As always, I really appreciate the support from fellow users.

Thanks again

Emile
 

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