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How can I extract first words from cells.

  1. 03-13-2015, 11:42 PM #1
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    How can I extract first words from cells.

    Hi,

    How can I extract first 7 words from cells.

    I use formula that can extract first word
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    but I do not know how to modify it to extract more words.
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    Re: How can I extract first words from cells.

    try something like this...
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    		 aa bb cc dd ee ff gg hh ii jj
    2
    		 aa bb cc dd ee ff gg

    =LEFT(A1,FIND("@@",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","@@",7),1)-1)
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    Re: How can I extract first words from cells.

    Thanks for the feedback
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