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I have a field (column A) of text data. The value in the cells can be between 2 and 5 characters in length.
In column D, I must maintain the value in column A, however, the text string in column D must be exactly 15 characters long. The extra characters must be spaces.
eg. A1 = "CW", therefor D1 must equal "CW-------------", where "-" are spaces.
A2 = "BOOPY", therefore D2 must equal "BOOPY----------"
Sometimes there is no value at all in column A. In that case, column D equals the value in column B which is a constant 14 characters long. Again, column D must be 15 characters long.
eg A3="", B3="n000.00.00.000", therefore D3 must equal "n000.00.00.000-", where - is a space
So far I have this formula in column D, which so far only determines if A is empty, then substitutes a concatenated value of B + one space when A is empty.
d20=IF(A20="",CONCATENATE(B20,""),A20)
What it doesn't do, and for which I come herer for help, is to assign D a 15 character value based on the value in A.
Thank you in advance to anyone reading and able to help me with this.
In column D, I must maintain the value in column A, however, the text string in column D must be exactly 15 characters long. The extra characters must be spaces.
eg. A1 = "CW", therefor D1 must equal "CW-------------", where "-" are spaces.
A2 = "BOOPY", therefore D2 must equal "BOOPY----------"
Sometimes there is no value at all in column A. In that case, column D equals the value in column B which is a constant 14 characters long. Again, column D must be 15 characters long.
eg A3="", B3="n000.00.00.000", therefore D3 must equal "n000.00.00.000-", where - is a space
So far I have this formula in column D, which so far only determines if A is empty, then substitutes a concatenated value of B + one space when A is empty.
d20=IF(A20="",CONCATENATE(B20,""),A20)
What it doesn't do, and for which I come herer for help, is to assign D a 15 character value based on the value in A.
Thank you in advance to anyone reading and able to help me with this.
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