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I am looking for a formula to remove ID numbers from an Excel Spreadsheet

Hi Excel Experts,

I have a spreadsheet with a column named "Event".   "Event" has about 300 rows in it with data that look like this:

214;"a-classical-voice-competition-for-singing-in-english"
and
23;"an-evening-of-dinner-and-music"

In some cases the numbers have 3 digits, in some they have 2 digits

I want to remove the digits before the semicolon.  Also the semi colon should be removed.

The end result would have data that looks like this

"a-classical-voice-competition-for-singing-in-english"

"an-evening-of-dinner-and-music"

I'm using Microsoft Office 365

I'd appreciate any solutions you can give me.

Thanks!

Rowby
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Hi,

Please can post a sample file showing before and after (Column A and Column B perhaps).

Thanks,

Alan.
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Hi Alan and Subodh

Attached is a snippet of the spreadsheet.
experts-exchange-version.xlsx
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Did you try the formula I suggested?
experts-exchange-version.xlsx
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Hi Subodh

Yes, I tried your solution and it worked.   So I am going to award you the points.

Thanks everyone
I guess I should have given some points to the others, including Ryan Chong for his information.  But I didn't see Ryan Chong's comment before awarding the points.  Not sure if the points can be adjusted.

But in any case thanks everyone.
You're welcome Rowby! Glad it worked.
Thanks for the feedback.
But I didn't see Ryan Chong's comment before awarding the points.  Not sure if the points can be adjusted.

seems that you haven't closed this question.

so you can always add assisted answer(s) if you found it's useful.

if you're not aware of how to do this, you can refer to below:

How do I accept multiple comments as my solution?
http://support.experts-exchange.com/customer/en/portal/articles/608596-how-do-i-accept-multiple-comments-as-my-solution-
I approve of the close request and the awarding of the points.    Thanks everyone!
The chosen answers resolved the question.