How to trim a string in excel

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Hi all,

I have a latitude value that has the 6102.67N but I want just the numbers and discard the "N". Which function should I use?

Posted 13-Jul-12 5:03am

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Manas Bhardwaj · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-13T05:21:00

Something like this:

=REPLACE(A1,LEN(A1),1,"")

Posted 13-Jul-12 5:21am

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Sumal.V 13-Jul-12 11:46am

Oh yeah thank you, I tried the LEFT function, but that could be applied on a single cell
Cheers :)

Manas Bhardwaj 13-Jul-12 11:47am

your welcome :)

Prasad_Kulkarni 16-Jul-12 23:58pm

My 5!