False Statement won't show

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some of my data has - a, - b
i'm using this to pull out the hyphens, but if the statement is false, the
data will not return the original cell if the original cell does not contain
a "-"

=IF(FIND("-",cell),LEFT(cell,FIND("-",cell)-1,cell)

it is, however, pulling the info, minus the ending parts after the "-"
beautifully.
Any ideas?

 

[Dennis]

You are missing a closing bracket for your Left function

=IF(FIND("-",cell),LEFT(cell,FIND("-",cell)-1),cell)

 

[Tim879]

try this to return the data after the "-"

=IF(ISERROR(FIND("-",A1)),A1,LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1))

 

[T. Valko]

Assuming the data is TEXT only:

=TRIM(LEFT(A1&"-",FIND("-",A1&"-")-1))