Excel - delete info from a cell found in anot

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sssecasiu Posts 1 Registration date Sunday December 18, 2011 Status Member Last seen December 18, 2011 - Dec 18, 2011 at 08:06 AM
TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 - Dec 20, 2011 at 09:25 AM
Hello,

Hello,

I need a solution for the following situation:

See attached screenshot from my Excel spreadsheet. I would like to know if there is a method of deleting part of the information from a cell that appears in another cell.

Example:
H78646733 from cell C2 can be found at the end of the text in cell F2 (Hamilton Khaki Belowzero Men's Watch H78646733). I would like to know if there is a possibility to delete to delete the code in cell F2 that appears in cell C2.

Thank you,
Sevastian

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TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 552
Dec 19, 2011 at 09:57 AM
Hi Sevastian,

If the value of C2 is always at the end of the value in F2 seperated by a space then use this formula:
=LEFT(F2;LEN(F2)-(LEN(C2)+1))

Will this work for you?

Best regards,
Trowa
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TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 552
Dec 20, 2011 at 09:25 AM
Forgot to replace ; by ,.

Formula should be:
LEFT(F2,LEN(F2)-(LEN(C2)+1))

And now you have two formula's to choose from.
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RWomanizer Posts 365 Registration date Monday February 7, 2011 Status Contributor Last seen September 30, 2013 120
Dec 20, 2011 at 12:59 AM
Use the following Fomula it will helps you:

=REPLACE(F2,FIND(C2,F2),LEN(C2),"")

Cheers!
RAhul :)
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Hey,

This is great, thanks!
Regards,
Sevastian
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Hi Trowa,

The problem is, e.g.: that cell C2 contains: 263-67/42 and cell F2 contains: Maxi Chronometer 43mm Model 263-67/42.

I need to only delete "263-67/42" from cell F2 and remain with "Maxi Chronometer 43mm Model".

The codes from column C are always different as well as the info from column F.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
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