Parsing Last Character in variable length text field

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Traci - 04 Oct 2007 16:01 GMT

I need to pull the last character from the data in a text field. Problem is,
the data is not all the same length. Sample data:

BBD2
BPN10499B
BPN6499

What I need to do is parse out the last character so i can check to see if
it is a B and filter only those records.

Any help you can provide will be much appreciated!!

Thanks

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Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB) - 04 Oct 2007 16:08 GMT

Use the RIGHT function...

=IF(RIGHT(A2,1)="B","Last character is a B","No, it is not a B")

Rick

>I need to pull the last character from the data in a text field. Problem
>is,
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Luke Moraga - 04 Oct 2007 16:11 GMT

I believe you'll want to use the RIGHT function.

e.g.,
=RIGHT(A1,1)

will return the rightmost letter of A1.

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Luke Moraga

> I need to pull the last character from the data in a text field. Problem is,
> the data is not all the same length. Sample data:
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>
> Thanks

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tim m - 04 Oct 2007 16:11 GMT

Make a new column next to the the one with your data and try this forumla

=RIGHT(A2,1)

This will give you the last character. You can then just copy the formula
down. (In the example I assume your data starts in A2, yours may vary so
just change the formula to match your data start cell.)

> I need to pull the last character from the data in a text field. Problem is,
> the data is not all the same length. Sample data:
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>
> Thanks

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