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# **LEFT, RIGHT and MID practice exercises**

Take a piece out of a text by position: the first characters, the last characters or a run from the middle, such as a prefix or a year inside a code.

[**Start the first exercise**](https://practiceexcelonline.com/practice/left-right-mid/left-first-characters)

LEN(RIGHT(

1. [**1****Take the prefix with LEFT**The first three letters of the product code in A2 name the warehouse. In B2, use LEFT to get them.](https://practiceexcelonline.com/practice/left-right-mid/left-first-characters)
2. [**2****Take the last digits with RIGHT****Premium**In B2, use RIGHT to get the last four characters of the invoice in A2, the running number.](https://practiceexcelonline.com/practice/left-right-mid/right-last-characters)
3. [**3****Take the year from the middle with MID****Premium**The year in the invoice in A2 starts at character 5 and is 4 characters long. In B2, use MID to get it.](https://practiceexcelonline.com/practice/left-right-mid/mid-text-from-middle)
4. [**4****Drop a prefix with RIGHT and LEN****Premium**Every order ID starts with a 3-letter channel code, but the numbers have different lengths. In B2, take everything after the first 3 characters with RIGHT, and use LEN(A2)-3 for how many.](https://practiceexcelonline.com/practice/left-right-mid/right-len-remove-prefix)

## **Functions in this topic**

- [**LEN**](https://practiceexcelonline.com/functions/len)
- [**RIGHT**](https://practiceexcelonline.com/functions/right)

## **Read the guide**

- [**How to clean data in Excel with formulas**](https://practiceexcelonline.com/learn/clean-data-in-excel)

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