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I have some cells with a leading comma as the first character in a column.
Is there a formula to detect if there is a comma as the first character in the cell, and if found remove it?
I have some cells with a leading comma as the first character in a column.
Is there a formula to detect if there is a comma as the first character in the cell, and if found remove it?
Hi,
Have you tried using Find/Replace, find comma, replace - leave it blank
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The trouble is the cells also include other commas that I want to leave in place.
I only want to remove a leading comma if it exists, not all commas in the cell.
Hi,
Try this in B1 copied down
=IF(ISERROR(IF(FIND(",",A1),MID(A1,2,100))),A1,IF(FIND(",",A1),MID(A1,2,100)))
Addendum: The 100 allows for the number of characters in the sentence, if more increase it.
Last edited by oldchippy; 06-21-2010 at 05:32 PM. Reason: Addendum
Or = MID(A1, (LEFT(A1)=",") + 1, LEN(A1))
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