search & replace

J

joe_may

I want to search a column for specific text (ie long account name 12-30
characters) and update a column with the account code (2 characters)

How do i search and replace in the column with a "begins with" command?
 
A

Aladin Akyurek

LEFT(A1,n)=X

where n is the length of X, the value with which you want to compar
the value in A1.
 

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