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Old 06-27-07, 10:39
FarrukhZ FarrukhZ is offline
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Removing the last 4 characters from each column
Hey,

I have 3000 rows excel spreadsheet that looks something like

12345.dwg
23456.dwg
34567.dwg
45678.dwg... (continues on)

What I want to do is somehow remove the last 4 characters from each entry. Therefore remove the ".dwg" part from each entry. Any ideas?

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Old 06-27-07, 10:45
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How's this?
Code:
=Left(<Value>, Len(<Value>) - 4)
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Old 06-27-07, 11:09
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How and where do I input that though?
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Old 06-27-07, 11:14
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In a new column?
See attachment
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File Type: zip left.zip (1.9 KB, 259 views)
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Old 06-27-07, 16:06
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I got it to work... thnx
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