Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need to grab a word from a string

2010-02-25 Thread worawat kh
*Hi Mike, Simple function like this 12 Roosevelt Ave* * =RIGHT(A1,14)* * =LEFT(A1,2)* 12 Roosevelt Ave Roosevelt Ave 12 Hope it can help Worawat 2010/2/25 Mike > Hi folks, > Looking for a function(if it exists) that will grab the first letter > in a string and put it in another

RE: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need to grab a word from a string

2010-02-25 Thread C.G.Kumar
Check MID function. Regards, C.G.Kumar AMW-2 -Original Message- From: excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:excel-mac...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: 25/February/2010 8:23 AM To: MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need to grab a word from a string Hi folks,

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need to grab a word from a string

2010-02-24 Thread Chandra Gupta
Dear Mike here is your solution. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Mike wrote: > Hi folks, > Looking for a function(if it exists) that will grab the first letter > in a string and put it in another cell. For example: > > '12 Roosevelt Ave.' > > Some function that will grab the '12' and put it

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need to grab a word from a string

2010-02-24 Thread VIRAL PANDYA
Say Cell A1 is 12 Roosevelt Ave =VALUE(LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1,1))) Regards, Viral Pandya On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Mike wrote: > Hi folks, > Looking for a function(if it exists) that will grab the first letter > in a string and put it in another cell. For example: > > '12 Roosevelt Ave.'

RE: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need to grab a word from a string

2010-02-24 Thread Dave Bonallack
Hi, Conflicting info. First you say you want to extract just the first letter, then you say you want the first 2 digits. Please clarify. But look in the Help for info on the LEFT function. It may be what you need. Regards - Dave. > Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:53:18 -0800 > Subject: $$Excel-M