Removing last character of cell

I am trying to remove a comma which happens to be the last character in the
cell. Does anyone know how to do this?

Mira,

You can use a combination of the Left and Right functions. Insert a blank
column to the right of column you wish to change. In my example I will
assume the data is in column A. Change the formula as necessary.

In the empty cell enter the formula:
=IF(RIGHT(A1,1)=",",LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),A1)

This formula is checking to see if the last character in cell A1 is infact a
comma. If it is the formula will return all of the characters in cell A1
except the last one. If it is not a comma then will just return the entire
contents of cell A1.

Copy this formula down to all the rows necessary. Then Copy the entire
column and paste the values over the original column (A). Make sure you use
the Paste Special and choose the Values Option. Now you should be able to
delete Column B.


"mira" wrote:

> I am trying to remove a comma which happens to be the last character in the
> cell. Does anyone know how to do this?

hi,
if all the data has the same number of characters you can use

=left(a1, 6) where a1 is the cell the data is in and 6 is the number of
characters you want to keep. (change it to the number of characters in your
data.)

if your data is different lengths, you can use
data>TextToColumns>delimited>comma

but be careful. text to columns will delete data to the right of the column
you are parsing. if you do have data to the right, copy the column you want
to parse to a blank sheet.

regards

FSt1

"mira" wrote:

> I am trying to remove a comma which happens to be the last character in the
> cell. Does anyone know how to do this?

If its the only comma, use Edit > 'Replace > , > Replace With > Nothing >
Replace All
If not,
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,RIGHT(A1,1),"")
Paste Special > Values to lose the formula's
Regards,
Alan.
"mira" <mira@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to remove a comma which happens to be the last character in the
> cell. Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks, Access Expert! Your formula works really great!

Now, I am trying to use the same formula to remove the last three characters
which contain a comma, a space, and one letter (e.g. , J), how do I modify it
to remove the last part. I've been playing around with it, but don't know
how to specify the letter.

Thanks!

"AccessExpert" wrote:

> Mira,
>
> You can use a combination of the Left and Right functions. Insert a blank
> column to the right of column you wish to change. In my example I will
> assume the data is in column A. Change the formula as necessary.
>
> In the empty cell enter the formula:
> =IF(RIGHT(A1,1)=",",LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-1),A1)
>
> This formula is checking to see if the last character in cell A1 is infact a
> comma. If it is the formula will return all of the characters in cell A1
> except the last one. If it is not a comma then will just return the entire
> contents of cell A1.
>
> Copy this formula down to all the rows necessary. Then Copy the entire
> column and paste the values over the original column (A). Make sure you use
> the Paste Special and choose the Values Option. Now you should be able to
> delete Column B.
>
>
> "mira" wrote:
>
> > I am trying to remove a comma which happens to be the last character in the
> > cell. Does anyone know how to do this?