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I am trying to extract Jun 2012 from the following:
Sum of Available In Jun 2012

I thought I could do this but I get a #value:
=LEFT(B21,28)-LEFT(B21,20)

How can I extract Jun 2012?  Maybe there is a better way.  thank you
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=mid(b21,28,8)
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* Assumes a 4-digit year and 3-character month abbreviation.
Sorry change that to

=mid(b21,20,8)
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very nice.  thank you
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ssaqibh:  I see that you changed the answer now.  I think RIGHT is a little easier at least for me...thank you