Value manipulation

[Vic]

I need 2 formulas

1. a formula to do the following:
in A1 is 00003056-021
I need B1 like this - if there are leading zeros then remove first 4 zeros
(only 4 and not 5). I need B1 to have 3056021 without the dash.

2. a formula to do the following:
in A1 is 30701267-042
I need B1 like this - if there are no leading zeros then remove digits
5-6-7-8 and the dash. I need b1 to have 3070042.

Now, how do we combine both formulas?

Thank you.

 

[Luke M]

Combine both formulas using an IF function.

=IF(LEFT(A1,1)="0",VALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","")),SUBSTITUTE(LEFT(A1,4)&MID(A1,9,LEN(A1)-9),"-",""))

 

[Gary''s Student]

=SUBSTITUTE(IF(LEFT(A1,4)="0000",RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-4),LEFT(A1,4) &
MID(A1,9,256)),"-","")

 

[Vic]

Hi Gary,

Your formula worked. Now, I have a little bit more complications.

Sometimes, A1 has value like this 1186-1067-188. In this case (with 2
dashes), I need to pick up 1067 (4-digit number between 2 dashes) and 188, so
the result will be 1067188.

Can this be incorporated into your formula?

Thank you.