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TEXTBEFORE function

Text before a delimiter. TEXTBEFORE works in Sheets with the usual arguments and results, on cells and on live data from the tools you connect.

Syntax

=TEXTBEFORE(text, delimiter, [instance_num], [match_mode], [match_end], [if_not_found])
ArgumentUse
textrequired
delimiterrequired
instance_numoptional
match_modeoptional
match_endoptional
if_not_foundoptional

On live data

In Sheets, TEXTBEFORE sits next to live data from a connected tool: =data.orders.sum(total) totals a table, =list.orders(customer) spills a column's distinct values, and a linked table column such as table.orders[Total] is a range any function accepts.

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