Google-sheets – function in Google Sheets to extract the first letter of a text in a cell

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I am trying to find a way to generate email addresses from the first name and the first letter of a last name. I used the CONCATENATE function, but it will only take a full cell, not a first letter.

Best Answer

You may use REGEXTRACT. See the example below:

Formula:

=REGEXEXTRACT(A1,".")

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Here is another example:

Formula:

=CONCATENATE(A1,REGEXEXTRACT(B1,"."),"@email.com")

example2