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1. LEFT() Function

LEFT() inarudisha characters chache kutoka mwanzo wa text string. Ni muhimu kwa kutengeneza short codes, initials, au extracting data kutoka kwa text cell.

Syntax:

LEFT(text, [num_chars])


text = text string au reference ya cell

num_chars = idadi ya characters unayotaka kurudisha (default = 1)

2. Mfano Rahisi

Mfano 1: Chukua first 3 characters

A
John
Mary
Ali

Formula:

=LEFT(A2,3)


Result: Joh

A3 → Mar

3. Kutumia LEFT() Pamoja na RIGHT() na MID()

Mfano 2: Extract initials

A
John Doe
Mary Smith

Formula:

=LEFT(A2,1) & LEFT(MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,100),1)


Result: JD

M1 → MS

LEFT + MID + FIND inatumika kuchukua initial ya first na last name

4. Kutumia LEFT() na VALUE()

Mfano: Extract number kutoka text

A
123ABC
456XYZ

Formula:

=VALUE(LEFT(A2,3))


Result: 123

A3 → 456

Hii ni muhimu wakati unataka numbers kutoka text strings

5. Tips Muhimu

LEFT() inasaidia extract text kutoka mwanzo wa string.

Inaruhusu kuunganishwa na RIGHT(), MID(), FIND(), LEN(), VALUE(), IF(), na TEXTJOIN() kwa formulas changamano.

Ni rahisi kwa report automation, codes, initials, au parsing data.

Links Muhimu

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