Shortening Different Words and Selecting Numbers

**ATLTEK** · 08-19-2012, 10:19 PM

I'm trying to get 1 formula that can shorten the words and put a number at the end, if the cell has a number.
Source cells could be the following:

break
chase1
chase2

I want the formula to generate the following:

B
C1
C2

**Al Chara** · 08-19-2012, 10:35 PM

Are the numbers always at the end of the word or can they be in the middle as well?

**ATLTEK** · 08-19-2012, 10:37 PM

It will have the numbers at the end.

**Al Chara** · 08-19-2012, 10:53 PM

See if this works for you.

=UPPER(LEFT(A1,1))&IF(ISNUMBER(VALUE(RIGHT(A1,1))),RIGHT(A1,1),"")

**ATLTEK** · 08-19-2012, 11:05 PM

Thank you!!

**Cutter** · 08-20-2012, 07:13 AM

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