Need Excel Function that will return # of char in preceding cell

[Guest]

I used it before and cant remeber the function command that will allow me to
copy just the 1st 5 numbers in a cell to another cell. Thes cells are like C
& D.

Thanks for your help. Command just slipping my mind.

 

[Ragdyer]

Are you perhaps talking about:

In D1, enter,

=LEFT(C1,5)
OR
=--LEFT(C1,5)
to retain numerical format.

 

[Guest]

In D1, LEFT(C1,5) will return the first five characters in C1.

 

[olasa]

The 'first' 5 numbers can be interpreted in two ways:

123456
=LEFT(C1,5) ---> "12345" (this is a text)
=--LEFT(C1,5) --->12345 (this is a number)

654321
=RIGHT(C1,5) ---> "54321" (this is a text)
=--RIGHT(C1,5) --->54321 (this is a number)

HTH
Ola Sandströ