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How To Extract The Specified Characters From The Left Of The Text String In Active Cell

What to do if you want to extract the specified characters from the left of the text string in the active cell in your Excel worksheet.

Do not worry, be happy, we have the formula get task done as below.

Syntax

LEFT(text,num_chars)
  • LEFT returns the first character or characters in a text string, based on the number of characters you specify.
  • LEFT always counts each character, whether single-byte or double-byte, as 1 (one), it does not matter what the setting of the default language as is.
  • Text is the text string that contains the characters you want to extract. Whatever text string consists of single-byte or double-byte characters, the following formula represents each one as only 1 string abstract.
  • Num_chars specifies the number of characters you want LEFT to extract.
  • Num_chars must be greater than or equal to zero. If it is less than zero, the result will display “#VALUE!” that means it comes out with nothing.
  • If num_chars is greater than the length of text, LEFT returns all of text. Such as your text string consists of ten characters, if you input the number 11 into the formula. The result will return the whole of text you have.
  • The result will return with 1 (One), If num_chars is omitted.

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