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add asterisk

Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:57 am
by sna
Hi Dear,
Hope you all doing well.
I need an answer how to write formula to add * after repeated letter as in attached file

Thanks

Re: add asterisk

Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 12:02 pm
by norkaz
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B2

=LEFT(A2)&CONCAT(IF(MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A2)-1)),1)=MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("2:"&LEN(A2))),1),"*",MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("2:"&LEN(A2))),1)))

Norkaz

Re: add asterisk

Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 1:24 pm
by sna
sorry I use office 2016 no Textjoin or Concat

Re: add asterisk

Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 1:51 pm
by norkaz
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D2:Lxx
=IF(MID($A2,COLUMNS($D2:D2),1)=C2,"*",MID($A2,COLUMNS($D2:D2),1))


B2
=LEFT(D2&E2&F2&G2&H2&I2&J2&K2&L2,LEN(A2))

Norkaz

Re: add asterisk

Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:57 pm
by sna
Thank you so much