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  1. 03-26-2013, 01:29 PM #1
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    Trim/parse from right within cell - string lengths different

    Frustrated! I have 1 column, 320 rows of email addresses, but when exported from contacts into the .csv format, they all came out as this (examples only):

    (row 1) [email][email protected]
    (row 2) [email][email protected]
    (row 3) [email][email protected]

    ...and so forth. Some have Auto-AddedEmail1, some have AutoAddedEmail1 (with or without the dash - ). Obviously, I want only the email address but I can't figure out how to parse the Auto-AddedEmail1 data. I'm uncertain how to trim (?) 15 OR 16 characters from the right, so I am left with only a valid email address. All I came up with is =trim(RIGHT(A1, [16]) I think I'm close, but not close enough!
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    Re: Trim/parse from right within cell - string lengths different

    Try

    =LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-IF(ISNUMBER(FIND("Auto-Add",A1)),16,15))
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    Re: Trim/parse from right within cell - string lengths different

    Now I'm seeing some strings that are not uniform, in length or text the above string with a phone, address, etc. I want to share my workbook so I show the barriers I'm working with, but it does contain valid emails and bizarre data. I didn't check forum rules but am certain I really can't share that. The .csv to .xlsx messed up this file, and not sure how to get it back into it's original state. A mock example is:

    [email protected][/U][/B][/B][/B]352-654-2289WorkUncategorizedKennedyGilsonPropertiesMarketingDirector

    ..where all I want it the "[email protected]". I have a feeling that this is going to be a long manual process.
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    Re: Trim/parse from right within cell - string lengths different

    Try this It may work on many but not all of the cells.

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