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Is there a smart macro in Excel (2000 upwards) to remove the last part of a string, if it has a certain separator? If the separator is not there, the string should be preserved For instance, for "." <pre><code> abcd.1 => abcd abcd => abcd </code></pre> I guess I could write something using a combination of Instr and Mid and such, but I am curious to know whether there is a smarter shorthand for it, like "Strip('abcd.1';'.')" or so.
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