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    Extracting number from text

    Hello there,

    I need help extracting the number from the following string:

    1 British pound = 1.1032753 Euros

    the result must be 1.1032753 as a number

    Many thanks!

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    Re: Extracting number from text

    Try:

    =--LEFT(TRIM(MID(A1,FIND("=",A1)+1,100)),FIND(" ",TRIM(MID(A1,FIND("=",A1)+1,100))))
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