Trapping #VALUE! error

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RhysPieces

I am using a MID function to extract numbers from a string:
=--MID(A1,1,FIND("/",A1)-1)
If the string does not contain "/", it results in the #VALUE! error.
What code needs to go in front of the formula to trap this and return ""?

Thank you for your replies.
 
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T. Valko

Here's one way:

=IF(ISERR(FIND("/",A1)),"",--MID(A1,1,FIND("/",A1)-1))

Or:

=IF(ISERR(FIND("/",A1)),"",--LEFT(A1,FIND("/",A1)-1))
 
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RhysPieces

The solutions from T. Valko and Peo Sjoblom work equally well. Thanks to both
for prompt replies.
 
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