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joannduplessis88
Sep 11, 2024Copper Contributor
removing unwanted data from a cell
I have a column with codes, the codes I need are FT and FC, but there are cells with extra codes which I want to remove and only have FT or FC appear in the cell. how do I do this without having to c...
- Sep 11, 2024
Assuming FT and FC are always at the end, select column (or range) with codes, Ctrl+H and replace all *FT on FT. Same for FC.
SergeiBaklan
Sep 11, 2024Diamond Contributor
Assuming FT and FC are always at the end, select column (or range) with codes, Ctrl+H and replace all *FT on FT. Same for FC.
- joannduplessis88Sep 11, 2024Copper Contributorworked like a charm! thanks so much
- SergeiBaklanSep 11, 2024Diamond Contributor
joannduplessis88 , you are welcome
- joannduplessis88Oct 01, 2025Copper Contributor
Hi I actually wrote a reply now for help on this query now I can't find it
- m_tarlerSep 11, 2024Bronze Contributorwell assuming FT and FC are the only 'F' codes you could just use *F
the only other caveot is that if you have FT and FC in the same cell this method will remove one of them (the one that is not last) and will not show that both were there