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Which Function Returns the Leftmost Five Characters in Excel?


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Question

Which function returns the leftmost five characters in Excel?
  1. =TRIM(B3,5)
  2. =RIGHT(B3,5)
  3. =MID(B3,5)
  4. =LEFT(B3,5)
  5. =FIRST(B3,5)



Answer

D. =LEFT(B3,5)


Explanation

Take a look at the screenshot below.

Which Function Returns the Leftmost Five Characters in Excel? - Screenshot of a Result Example of a =LEFT(B3,5) Formula

As you can see there, the LEFT function can return the leftmost five characters of data in Excel. As the functions in other answer choices cannot do the same, the correct answer here should be D. Here are some examples of what we can call a range in excel.

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