Extract string from a text

[AccessHunter]

Hi,

Please help as this is urgent.

I have the following data in a column. In the report I want to display them only with whatever is before the "-".

A SECOND DAY, INC.-FORMAT 4
A SECOND ADY, INC-VERSION 1
A SECOND DAY,INC.-VERSION 1
CLAIR FOUNDATION - OPTION 1
CLAIR FOUNDATION - OPTION 3
CLAIR FOUNDATION - OPTION 4
C.O.T.I.C. - GRADE 3
RACE D&FS - GRADE 1

PLease help.

Thanks in advance

[Megalog]

Well, as a quick fix you can either:

Add this to the control on the report, under it's 'Control Source'

=Trim(Left([YourFieldName],InStr([YourFieldName],"-")-1))

or

Go to the report's recordsource, and in design view add in a new field expression, like:

NewFieldforReport: Trim(Left([YourTableFieldName],InStr([YourTableFieldName],"-")-1))

Just replace the data in the brackets with your actual names.