I need to extract the first 3 digits from a cell (ex: AAG12345)?

R

Rob

I have 26,000 cells that I need to extract just the first 3 digits of the
cell. For example, the cell reads AAG122345 and I need a new cell that only
reads "AAG". How can I do this?
 
R

Ron Coderre

Try this

With
A1:A100 containing text entries
and
you want the 1st 3 characters extracted into a new list beginning in cell D1

Then

Select A1:A100

From the Excel main menu
<data><text to columns>
Check: Fixed Width............Click [next]
Insert a break point after the 3rd character............Click [next]
Select the 2nd column and Check: Do not import column
Destination: D1
Click [Finish]

That will copy the 1st 3 characters from A1:A100 into a new list beginning
in cell D1

Does that help?

Regards,

Ron
 
R

Rob

Ron,

Perfect! Thanks for your help!

Rob

Ron Coderre said:
Try this

With
A1:A100 containing text entries
and
you want the 1st 3 characters extracted into a new list beginning in cell D1

Then

Select A1:A100

From the Excel main menu
<data><text to columns>
Check: Fixed Width............Click [next]
Insert a break point after the 3rd character............Click [next]
Select the 2nd column and Check: Do not import column
Destination: D1
Click [Finish]

That will copy the 1st 3 characters from A1:A100 into a new list beginning
in cell D1

Does that help?

Regards,

Ron

Rob said:
I have 26,000 cells that I need to extract just the first 3 digits of the
cell. For example, the cell reads AAG122345 and I need a new cell that
only
reads "AAG". How can I do this?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
R

Ron Coderre

I'm glad that worked for you......and thanks for the feedback!


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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


Rob said:
Ron,

Perfect! Thanks for your help!

Rob

Ron Coderre said:
Try this

With
A1:A100 containing text entries
and
you want the 1st 3 characters extracted into a new list beginning in cell D1

Then

Select A1:A100

From the Excel main menu
<data><text to columns>
Check: Fixed Width............Click [next]
Insert a break point after the 3rd character............Click [next]
Select the 2nd column and Check: Do not import column
Destination: D1
Click [Finish]

That will copy the 1st 3 characters from A1:A100 into a new list beginning
in cell D1

Does that help?

Regards,

Ron

Rob said:
I have 26,000 cells that I need to extract just the first 3 digits of the
cell. For example, the cell reads AAG122345 and I need a new cell that
only
reads "AAG". How can I do this?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
S

Stan Brown

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:48:01 -0700 from Rob
I have 26,000 cells that I need to extract just the first 3 digits of the
cell. For example, the cell reads AAG122345 and I need a new cell that only
reads "AAG". How can I do this?
Click to expand...

Assuming those cells are in A1 through A26000, put this in B1:
=left(A1,3)
then click and drag that formula to the other 25999 cells in column
B.
 
C

CLR

ASAP Utilities, a free add-in available at www.asap-utilities.com has a
feature that will delete all numeric characters from a string, leaving you
with only the three alpha characters...........

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3
 
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