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    Truncate cells in column IF cell begins with X

    Hello,

    Been a lurker for a long time, found tons of quality information here. Decided to register so I could use the local search engine. Finally making my first post.

    I have a single column with a series of text data (it's always the same column). I would like to truncate the text to 9 characters if, and only if, the cell in that column begin with X. I would like to do this through a macro.

    Help?

    Thanks in advance

    Example....
    Before:
    X123456789101112
    X567891012345
    P123456789101123
    Z123456489798130

    After:
    X12345678
    X56789101
    P123456789101123
    Z123456489798130

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    Re: Truncate cells in column IF cell begins with X

    =if(left(a1,1)="x",left(a1,9),a1)

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    Re: Truncate cells in column IF cell begins with X

    Quote Originally Posted by JieJenn View Post
    =if(left(a1,1)="x",left(a1,9),a1)
    Thanks for the quick reply.

    That works great but how do I execute this through a Macro?

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    Re: Truncate cells in column IF cell begins with X

    This should do it

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    Re: Truncate cells in column IF cell begins with X

    Quote Originally Posted by mike7952 View Post
    This should do it

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    Thank you sir, that works perfect! Greatly appreciate it.

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