Retriving text from a column

J

JAF-In

how can i retrieve text from one column to another except one last word
for eg:The text "how can i retrieve text from" is in column A1 and i have to
retrieve "how can i retrieve text" to B1
 
M

Mike H

Hi,

Try this

=SUBSTITUTE(A1,TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",REPT(" ",99)),99)),"")

Mike
 
D

Domenic

JAF-In said:
how can i retrieve text from one column to another except one last word
for eg:The text "how can i retrieve text from" is in column A1 and i have to
retrieve "how can i retrieve text" to B1
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Try...

=LEFT(A1,FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","^^",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"
",""))))-1)
 
R

Rick Rothstein

Try this
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",REPT(" ",99)),99)),"")
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You should encase that in a TRIM function in order to get rid of the space
that is in front of that last word...

=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",REPT(" ",99)),99)),""))
[/QUOTE]
 
J

Jacob Skaria

Try

=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",REPT(" ",99)),99)),))

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M

Mike H

You right, because I was removing spaces with the inner part of the formula

=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",REPT(" ",99)),99))

I never realised I would get the last space back when using the extracted
string in the outer substitute part, nice spot.

Mike
 
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