Grabbing text from just part of a cell

[Mary T]

Hi all,

I have sheets that come in that include a cell that says, for instance, 'Subject no.: 5'. How would I grab just the '5' part of that cell?

Help appreciated, thanks!

[Kevin B]

The following function will grab whatever follows the colon space:

Function SubjectNum(InitialValue As String) As String

Dim l As Long

'Find the location of the colon and add 1 for the space
l = InStr(1, InitialValue, ":") + 1

SubjectNum = Right$(InitialValue, Len(InitialValue) - l)

End Function

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Kevin Backmann


"Mary T" wrote:

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> Hi all,
>
> I have sheets that come in that include a cell that says, for instance,
> 'Subject no.: 5'. How would I grab just the '5' part of that cell?
>
> Help appreciated, thanks!
>
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[Mary T]

That worked great, thanks!