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Chris Langham
Apr 27, 2018Copper Contributor
Remove text between two characters multiple times
I have a column that has a text string with various lengths. What I'm trying to do is remove text that starts with "|" and ends with ";". The text between those two characters is always going to be 3...
- Apr 27, 2018
Hi Chris,
Please try this very long formula:
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And find it in the attached file.
Regards
Chris Langham
Apr 27, 2018Copper Contributor
It has to be a formula. I can't use the Find and Replace dialog box. Thanks.
Haytham Amairah
Apr 27, 2018Silver Contributor
Hi Chris,
Please try this very long formula:
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And find it in the attached file.
Regards
- muratosmaSep 10, 2020Copper ContributorLike this easier. 🙂
Turkish:
=METİNBİRLEŞTİR(", ";1;EĞERHATA(İNDİS(KIRP(PARÇAAL(YERİNEKOY("|"&YERİNEKOY($A$1;";";"|");"|";YİNELE(" ";255));SATIR($1:$6)*255;255));SATIR(A1:A3)*2-1);""))
English:
=TEXTJOIN(", ";1;IFERROR(INDEX(TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE("|"&SUBSTITUTE($A$1;";";"|");"|";REPT(" ";255));ROW($1:$6)*255;255));ROW(A1:A3)*2-1);""))- Johan777Oct 31, 2021Copper ContributorI have a similar question.
I need to replace e.g. the following in Word: <em>people</em> where the word ‘people’ must be changed to ‘peope’ in italics. The word ‘people’ can be any word or words between between <em> and </em>.
How do I do that please?
- Chris LanghamApr 27, 2018Copper Contributor
That worked...Thanks.