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by - delegate Tristan [2 posts] (2008 May 14 Wed, 15:53) Reply

how would i single out an individual character in a record? For example: ASUM2412 Iwould like to single out the 'm' and create a record called monthly?

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RE: singling out characters

by - trainer Rich platinum contributer [755 posts] (2008 May 15 Thu, 20:13) Reply

If the code is always the same number of characters and the character you want is always in the same place then you could try using the left and right formulas. For your example: =LEFT(G5,4) where G5 is "ASUM2412" which gives you "ASUM" and then in another column: =RIGHT(F5,1) where F5 is the result of the first formula. This gives you 'M'

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