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    This document explains how to use Excel formulas to split a text string at a specific character. It provides a generic formula that uses the LEFT and FIND functions to extract the part of the text before the character, and the RIGHT and LEN functions to extract the part after the character. An example splits the text into two parts at the underscore character. The formulas work by using FIND to locate the character's position, and LEFT and RIGHT extract the parts based on that position.

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    This document explains how to use Excel formulas to split a text string at a specific character. It provides a generic formula that uses the LEFT and FIND functions to extract the part of the text before the character, and the RIGHT and LEN functions to extract the part after the character. An example splits the text into two parts at the underscore character. The formulas work by using FIND to locate the character's position, and LEFT and RIGHT extract the parts based on that position.

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    Split Text String at Specific Character: Generic Formula

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    This document explains how to use Excel formulas to split a text string at a specific character. It provides a generic formula that uses the LEFT and FIND functions to extract the part of the text before the character, and the RIGHT and LEN functions to extract the part after the character. An example splits the text into two parts at the underscore character. The formulas work by using FIND to locate the character's position, and LEFT and RIGHT extract the parts based on that position.

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    • Function Guide
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    Generic formula  • Pivot Tables
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    = LEFT(text,FIND(character,text) - 1) • INDEX and
    MATCH
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    Explanation 
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    To split a text string at a certain character, you can use a • Custom
    combination of the LEFT, RIGHT, LEN, and FIND Number
    functions. Formats

    https://exceljet.net/formula/split-text-string-at-specific-character 5/23/2018
    Excel formula: Split text string at specific character | Exceljet Page 2 of 8

    In the example shown, the formula in C5 is: • Data


    Validation
    = LEFT(B5,FIND("_",B5) - 1) • Nested IF
    examples
    • Formula
    And the formula in D5 is: challenges
    • How-to videos
    = RIGHT(B5,LEN(B5) - FIND("_",B5)) • Video training
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    How these formulas work
    • Excel books
    The first formula uses the FIND function to locate the • Recent
    underscore(_) in the text, then we subtract 1 to move comments
    back to the "character before the special character".
    Key functions

    FIND("_",B5) - 1 • IF function
    • VLOOKUP funct
    In this example , FIND returns 7, so we end up with 6. • SUMIFS
    function
    This result is fed into the LEFT function like as • COUNTIFS
    "num_chars" - the number of characters to extract from function
    B5, starting from the left: • INDEX
    function
    = LEFT(B5,6) • MATCH
    function
    • SUMPRODUCT
    The result is the string "011016". function

    To get the second part of the text, we use FIND with the
    right function.
    Hi - I'm
    We again use FIND to locate the underscore (7), then Dave
    subtract this result from the total length of the text in B5 Bruns,
    (22), calculated with the LEN function: and I
    run Exceljet with my
    LEN(B5) - FIND("_",B5) wife, Lisa. Our goal is
    to help you work
    faster in Excel. We
    This gives us 15 (22-7), which is fed into the RIGHT create short videos,
    function as "num_chars" -  - the number of characters to and clear examples of
    extract from B5, starting from the right: formulas, functions,

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