» Removing Redundant Characters from a Range of Cells and Resetting the Format
CATEGORY - Excel Text Formulas
VERSION - All Microsoft Excel Versions
The text values in the range A2:A5 contain redundant parentheses.
We want to create a formula that will remove the parentheses and set the format of the cells to "general".
Solution:
Use the TEXT, TRIM, and SUBSTITUTE functions as shown in the following formula:
=TEXT(TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A2,")",""),"(","")),"General").

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