How to extract text string with different LEN in a cell

[Rev12]

Hi all,

I have a data in my cell as below in Column A

IP-L30-HPS-11-006
IP-L30-A-01-001
IP-L30-MDTA-31-002_A

I need a result as below in B column

HPS
A
MDTA

Appreciated any helps.

Thanks in advance,

Rev12

[JohnTopley]

Is the leading text always "IP-L30-" ?

if not , post a better sample FILE.


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[AlKey]

Try this
Enter in B1 and copy down

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v	A	B
1	IP-L30-HPS-11-006	HPS
2	IP-L30-A-01-001	A
3	IP-L30-MDTA-31-002_A	MDTA

[Rev12]

Yes "IP-L30-" is always the leading text of a data

I have tried

=LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(A5,"IP-L30-"," "),5)

but the formula could not give an exact results as I wanted as below for sample nos 2

A-01

the correct should be

A

thanks again.

[Rev12]

Thanks it gives me the result I need.

[JohnTopley]

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