From: T. Valko on 19 Apr 2010 22:09 Yes, that's how I interpreted this: >There is a string in cell A1, such as >........ .... (3.25%) -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Ron Rosenfeld" <ronrosenfeld(a)nospam.org> wrote in message news:kg0qs5dmjl3gijpulibfk68f101do6skjq(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:28:24 -0400, "T. Valko" <biffinpitt(a)comcast.net> > wrote: > >>Here's another one... >> >>=--SUBSTITUTE(MID(A1,FIND("(",A1)+1,10),")","") >> >>Format as Percentage > > I believe that requires that the ")" is the last non-space character > --ron
From: Ron Rosenfeld on 20 Apr 2010 07:47
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:09:29 -0400, "T. Valko" <biffinpitt(a)comcast.net> wrote: >Yes, that's how I interpreted this: > >>There is a string in cell A1, such as >>........ .... (3.25%) > I agree that is consistent with his example, although his textual description allows for characters after, but does not definitely indicate there could be. --ron |