Monday, 21 December 2015

SEPERATION OF DIGITS IN EXCEL

SEPERATION OF LETTERS FROM A FIXED LENGTH STRING IN EXCEL
To separate the a fixed length string in excel we need 3 functions:
1. mid
2. left
3. right
Syntax of mid:
mid(number, start num, num chars)
Explanation:
Number:
The number you want to split into characters
Start num:
The number of starting character
E.g.:
You want to start fetching data from the 3rd character in string abc…..n
You will specify 3 at the place of start num not c
start num not c
num chars:
the number of characters you want to fetch for example the string is abcde in cell A1 and you want to fetch
                       bcd the function mid can be used in the following way:
=mid(a1,2,,3)=bcd
Syntax of left:
Left(text, num chars)
Explanation:
Text:
Here you will specify the text you want to split or the cell containing the text you want to split.
Num chars:
Specify the number of characters you want to fetch from left
e.g.:
the string is 12asbhy and you want to fetch the folloing:
1 ,12,, 12a, 12as
you will write the following formulas respectively:
=left(12asbhy,1)=1
=left(12asbhy,2)=12
=left(12asbhy,3)=12a
=left(12asbhy,4)=12as
Syntax of right:
right(text,  num chars)
Explanation:
Same function as left  just fetches data from left

 EXAMPLE:
SEPERATE asdf1234 INTO a s d f 1 2 3 4








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