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What am I missing? Remove everything after *

  • August 29, 2020
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How would I remove everything after *? Using this works but also gets rid of the ones that only have 1 name.
LEFT(
{Name},
FIND(
" * ",
{Name}
)-1
)

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Best answer by Eli_b

If anyone is interested I figured it out
IF(FIND(" “,{Name}&’’),TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(LEFT({Name}&’’,SEARCH(”",{Name}&’’)-1))),{Name})

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  • Eli_b
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  • August 29, 2020

This keeps the single names but gives an error for the ones that I want to shorten
IF(FIND(" *",{Name}&’’),TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(LEFT({Name}&’’,SEARCH(" *",{Name}&’’))," *" *"")),{Name})

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  • Eli_b
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  • August 29, 2020

If anyone is interested I figured it out
IF(FIND(" “,{Name}&’’),TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(LEFT({Name}&’’,SEARCH(”",{Name}&’’)-1))),{Name})

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