Remove text string from excel that is separated by * and / -


i have column of cells contain samples of following

a1 = d11f2/j3c2/fence*25a/23a/21a/20a a2 = d11f2/00a/123/d6f2

i want remove 3 digit codes "/00a" separated / in case in a1 separated star "*25a"

this formula/macro result in:

a1 = d11f2/j3c2/fence a2 = d11f2/d6f2

thanks help!

i tried using substitute formula removed first or second string after divider

the following vba function appears understand asking for:

function stripthree(s string) ' find sequence of 3 "digits" ' separated either ' ', '*', or '/' ' , remove them, including leading separator  dim ii, l, lastgood, lastsep integer dim retval string  lastgood = 0 lastsep = 0  ii = 1 len(s)   l = mid(s, ii, 1)   retval = retval & l   if l = "/" or l = "*" or l = " "     if ii - lastsep = 4       retval = left(retval, len(retval) - 5) & l     end if     lastsep = ii   end if next ii  ' if last "separator" end of string ' still need remove 3 digit/letter code if lastsep + 4 = ii   retval = left(retval, len(retval) - 4) end if   stripthree = retval  end function

examples of code @ work:

input:  d11f2/j3c2/fence*25a/23a/21a/20a output: d11f2/j3c2/fence  input:  d11f2/00a/123/d6f2 output: d11f2/d6f2

as stipulated in question.


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