VLookup and text strings

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bmac

Hello, I am using the vlookup function. I have values that have three to nine
text characters followed by numbers. Examples are COM-123, COM-124, ABCD-12,
ABCD-13, etc,. The number of letters may be 2-9. I want to modfiy my lookup
formula so that COM-123 returns the value COM. Or ABCD-13, returns the value
ABCD.

Any help appreciated.
 
I want to modfiy my lookup formula so that
COM-123 returns the value COM. Or
ABCD-13, returns the value ABCD.
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In other words, you want everything the the left of the dash?

A1 = COM-123

=LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1)
 
Thanks, I probably did not explain this well about VLookup -- however, your
solution works much better, thanks!
 
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