Shorten the long text

**Solomon14all** · 09-15-2012, 07:16 AM

HI,

CAN YOU HELP ME TO REMOVE FROM THE BELOW GIVEN, THE () and the contend given inside

Arif Khan (IND)
Iqbal Khan (IND)
Charanjit Singh (IND)
Giga Bhai (IND)
Ravi Kumar (IND)
Razawal Bhai (PAK)
Nabab Khan (IND)

result should be

instead of Arif Khan (IND) it should be Arif Khan

**oeldere** · 09-15-2012, 07:30 AM

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**mike7952** · 09-15-2012, 07:36 AM

Another way is

Formula:

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**Solomon14all** · 09-15-2012, 07:47 AM

Dear mike,
Thanks. well done

**mmmarks** · 09-15-2012, 10:55 AM

of course solved but another way,
ctrl+H, type in find what--> (???) , then click on replace All

**Ace_XL** · 09-15-2012, 03:37 PM

Ctrl + H (find and replace)

Find: ' (*)'
Replace: (blank)

**MarvinP** · 09-15-2012, 03:40 PM

Hi,

Can I suggest to TRIM() the stuff you are doing above? Many of the above suggestions will leave a space at the end of the string.

**Cutter** · 09-15-2012, 05:43 PM

@ Solomon14all

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