Pra que Serve a Função Esquerda no Excel

Cledison Nascimento 05/12/2019 Atualizado em: 20/01/2021 Comente! Aprender Excel básico

A função Esquerda no Excel serve para retornar alguns caracteres de acordo com a quantidade desejada pelo usuário.

Veja que temos uma lista com várias placas de automóveis, mas por algum motivo específico o órgão responsável precisa que lhe passemos somente as letras sem os números.

Seria uma tarefa árdua, mas contamos com a preciosa função Esquerda no Excel.

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Sintaxe da função Esquerda no Excel

texto: célula ou texto que deve ser tratado pela função. Lembrando que se pretende digitar o texto direto na função é indispensável que ele esteja entre aspas.

[núm_caract]: quantidade de caracteres que devem ser mostrados. Parece obvio, mas é importante: devemos contar da esquerda para a direita.

Vamos então a nossa tarefa de buscarmos somente as letras das placas.

Clique na célula C3 e digite =ESQUERDA(

O primeiro argumento que a função nos pede é o texto, ou seja, a célula na qual contém o texto a ser tratado. Clique, portanto, na célula B3:

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Agora a função Esquerda quer saber a quantidade de caracteres que desejamos extrair. Como só queremos as letras e são 3 então digitemos 3:

Pressione Enter:

Veja que conseguimos fazer rapidamente.

Use a alça de preenchimento para completar essa simples tarefa que caso você não usasse a função Esquerda no Excel poderia levar algum tempo até concluí-la:

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