Hi,
I have a column of cells with text like this:
Pour-Over Coffee Urn, electric, single 3 gallon cap., brews in 1 lb. batches, side mounted control panel, s/s construction
I am trying to copy all text before the second or third instance of the comma into an adjacent cell.
I've been using: =LEFT(C548,(FIND(",",C548,1)-1))
But that gives me only the text before the first comma. How do I change which instance of the comma in my formula?
Thank you!!!!
Try something like:
=LEFT(C5,FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(C5,",","^^",2))-1)
where the 2 represents the comma instance number
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if you do it this way
=LEFT(A1,FIND("^",SUBSTITUTE(A1,",","^",C1))-1)
then put which , you want to return it from in c1 (or just replace c1 with the number)
Last edited by martindwilson; 08-04-2009 at 02:30 PM.
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