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    Removing text from cell

    Hi. I have a cell that has this value "Qtr(2/14)" (without the colons). I would like another cell to refer to this cell and give me the value "(2/14)" without the "Qtr". Thanks.

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    Re: Removing text from cell

    hi there. it would be better to give us a few eg so that we can see the pattern. if it's always Qtr, maybe:
    =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"Qtr","")

    if it's always beginning of the bracket, then:
    =MID(A1,FIND("(",A1),100)

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    Re: Removing text from cell

    L.LEE, Good morning.

    If you have always the same pattern, you can try this one:

    =Right(A1,6)

    I hope it helps.

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    Re: Removing text from cell

    Pls refer to the attached file.

    Cell A1 has original text.
    Cell A2 deletes the text "Current Qtr."
    I then Paste Value Cell A2 to Cell A3
    When I double-clicked on Cell A3, I realized that the texts are on the second line i.e. there is a
    hard return inserted into the Cell. How do I remove this? Thanks.
    Attached Files Attached Files

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    Re: Removing text from cell

    you can use =clean(text) and point the "text" part to the cell with the unwanted character in it.
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    Re: Removing text from cell

    Glad i could help and thanks for the bump to the reputation. Don't forget to mark your post as solved if it is.

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