truncate end of record

S

Steve K

I need to truncate the last few digits of a record, back to where the first
space occurs from the end of the record. For instance for:
AM 1 I need AM returned
AM 10 I need AM returned
Pen Spec 5 I need Pen Spec returned
Pen Spec 32 I need Pen Spec returned
How do I search for the first space in the record, starting from the end of
the record, and truncating every up to that point, including the space?
Thanks for your help.
 
M

MGFoster

Steve said:
I need to truncate the last few digits of a record, back to where the first
space occurs from the end of the record. For instance for:
AM 1 I need AM returned
AM 10 I need AM returned
Pen Spec 5 I need Pen Spec returned
Pen Spec 32 I need Pen Spec returned
How do I search for the first space in the record, starting from the end of
the record, and truncating every up to that point, including the space?
Thanks for your help.
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If you have Access 2002, or higher version, you can use the InstrRev()
function and the Left() function (debug window):

? Left("AM 1",InStrRev("AM 1"," ")-1)
AM

In a query - like this:

SELECT Left(column, InStrRev(column, " ")-1)
FROM table
WHERE <criteria>

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Oakland, CA (USA)

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S

Steve K

Thanks alot. It works great. To delete the trailing blank space, I just
started the expression with the Trim function and it gets me exactly what I
need. Thanks again.
 
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