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Old 02-19-2013, 06:30 AM
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I am looking for some help with a formula. Basically I am looking for a formula that will remove portions of a string of data that is sometimes separated by commas which I want to keep. For example:

From this:
123FS+1day,345,333SS,567SF

To this:
123,345,333,567



Any help would be appreciated.

Here is an update since I posted:

I have two formulae that do what I want but separately, however what I need is for both formulae to run in the same cell at the same time. Here are the two formulae:

=REPLACE(H2,FIND("+",H2,1),FIND(",",H2,1)-FIND("+",H2,1),"")
and
=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(H2,"S S",),H2,"FS"),H2,"SF"),H2,"FF")

Both work perfectly well independently but I want them both to work at the same time.

Many thanks in anticipation.

Tony

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Old 02-19-2013, 04:31 PM
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Hi Tony,

Perhaps: =SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(H2,"+1day","")," F",""),"S","")
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Hi Paul
Many thanks for the response.
The +1day may be +10days or +3wks. So I need a formula that will find the location of a "+" or "-" sign and remove everything from there up to either a comma (but retain the comma) or the end of the string.
There will also be -10days or -3wks but I can work that out when I get the formula to work for the "+" options.
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Hi OTPM

Assuming your data is in A1, may be:

=LEFT(A1,FIND("+",A1)-3)&","&MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"SS",""),"SF", ""),FIND(",",A1)+1,LEN(A1))

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Hi Tony,

Since you can have + or - and a variable string from there till the first comma, try:
=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(H2,MID(H2,IF(ISE RROR(SEARCH("+",H2)),SEARCH("-",H2),SEARCH("+",H2)),SEARCH(",",H2)-IF(ISERROR(SEARCH("+",H2)),SEARCH("-",H2),SEARCH("+",H2))),""),"F",""),"S","")
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Old 02-21-2013, 08:34 AM
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Hi OTPM

Assuming your data is in A1, may be:

=LEFT(A1,FIND("+",A1)-3)&","&MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"SS",""),"SF", ""),FIND(",",A1)+1,LEN(A1))

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Many thanks for your response Kevin, I will try that.

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Hi Tony,

Since you can have + or - and a variable string from there till the first comma, try:
=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(H2,MID(H2,IF(ISE RROR(SEARCH("+",H2)),SEARCH("-",H2),SEARCH("+",H2)),SEARCH(",",H2)-IF(ISERROR(SEARCH("+",H2)),SEARCH("-",H2),SEARCH("+",H2))),""),"F",""),"S","")
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Hi Paul
That worked perfectly.
Many thanks for your help.
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Hi Paul
I still need your help .
If I type the data for the formula to work on the formula works fine. However if I copy the data from a "Text" file into Excel the formula does not work.
The data is pasted with a cell format as "General".
I have tried marking the column as "Text" prior to pasting the data but it still does not work.
I am getting #VALUE error which I know is conflicting data types but the data is in one cell!
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Old 02-25-2013, 04:02 PM
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Hi Tony,

Can you attach a workbook to a post with some representative data (delete anything sensitive)? You do this via the paperclip symbol on the 'Go Advanced' tab.
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Old 02-26-2013, 12:16 AM
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Hi Paul
Here is an example workbook.
When I type the data into a cell and then apply the formula it works fine!!!!
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Old 02-26-2013, 01:32 AM
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Hi Tony,

The formula I posted is predicated on the data containg a + or - with commas occuring after them. Some of the data in your workbook lack either or both. Hence the errors. Here's a UDF that's perhaps more flexible & robust:
Code:
Function ParseIt(StrIn As Variant) As Variant
Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long
Dim StrTmp As String, StrOut As String
For i = 0 To UBound(Split(StrIn, ","))
  StrTmp = Split(Split(Split(StrIn, ",")(i), "+")(0), "-")(0)
  k = Len(StrTmp)
  For j = k To 1 Step -1
    If Not IsNumeric(Mid(StrTmp, j, 1)) Then
      StrTmp = Replace(StrTmp, Mid(StrTmp, j, 1), "")
    End If
  Next
  StrOut = StrOut & StrTmp & ","
Next
ParseIt = Left(StrOut, Len(StrOut) - 1)
End Function
To use it, add the function to an ordinary code module, then input a reference to it as a formula in the desired cell. For example, in J4, use =ParseIt(I4)
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Hi Paul
This is excellent, many thanks for your help.
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Hi
I was provided with a UDF by Macropod a couple of years ago which I need modifying. Basically I need the UDF modified. The UDF basically converts values like "365SS+4wks, 175" to "365, 175". Where I need the UDF changed is allow values such as "23,456,567,666" to remain as shown. Here is a copy of the UDF:
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Function ParseIt(StrIn As Variant) As Variant
Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long
Dim StrTmp As String, StrOut As String
For i = 0 To UBound(Split(StrIn, ","))
  StrTmp = Split(Split(Split(StrIn, ",")(i), "+")(0), "-")(0)
  k = Len(StrTmp)
  For j = k To 1 Step -1
    If Not IsNumeric(Mid(StrTmp, j, 1)) Then
      StrTmp = Replace(StrTmp, Mid(StrTmp, j, 1), "")
    End If
  Next
  StrOut = StrOut & StrTmp & ","
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ParseIt = Left(StrOut, Len(StrOut) - 1)
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Try:
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Function ParseIt(StrIn As Variant) As Variant
Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long
Dim StrTmp As String, StrOut As String
If IsNumeric(StrIn) Then
  ParseIt = StrIn
  Exit Function
End If
For i = 0 To UBound(Split(StrIn, ","))
  StrTmp = Split(Split(Split(StrIn, ",")(i), "+")(0), "-")(0)
  k = Len(StrTmp)
  For j = k To 1 Step -1
    If Not IsNumeric(Mid(StrTmp, j, 1)) Then
      StrTmp = Replace(StrTmp, Mid(StrTmp, j, 1), "")
    End If
  Next
  StrOut = StrOut & StrTmp & ","
Next
ParseIt = Left(StrOut, Len(StrOut) - 1)
End Function
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Many thanks Paul. I will test it out over the weekend.
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