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Function Syntax:<br />
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REPLACE(old_text, start_num, num_chars, new_text)
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Function Syntax:

REPLACE(old_text, start_num, num_chars, new_text)

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Hi Gurus,<br />
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I have a cell that contains the below data, I need to remove the 4th and 5th numbers from the middle.<br />
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Original: &nbsp; 01-1001<br />
Ideal: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 01-01<br />
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I have 500 cells that I need to fix.
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Hi Gurus,

I have a cell that contains the below data, I need to remove the 4th and 5th numbers from the middle.

Original:   01-1001
Ideal:       01-01

I have 500 cells that I need to fix.

Excel 2010 remove 2 middle characters

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