MID Fonction from right until a character

**Bastien13R** · 04-19-2021, 12:33 PM

Hello,

I would like to extract the bold text below but I have an issue...

[{"name":"601: Chief Daedra Officer","api_id":"2300-14829","id":14829,"length_seconds":9349,"deck":"This week: ....","video_type":"Giant Bombcast","youtube_id":"4Sh_jPSAOzQ","image":"vatar\/0\/30\/3128934-screen%20shot%202019-09-17%20at%202.46.36%20pm%20copy.jpg"},{"name":"..."},{"name":"Yakuza: Like a Dragon","api_id":"2300-16348","id":16348,"length_seconds":4526,"deck":"What happens ...","video_type":"Quick Looks","youtube_id":"hR1FN_6ITEE","image":"vatar\/0\/31\/3253938-yakuza_like_a_dragon_ql.jpg"},{"name":"..."},{"name"..."},{"name":"..."}]

The whole text is dynamic, excepts "Quick Looks" (I have +700 rows). However, I can extract the right part of the text with the following formula, but I can't extract the left part.

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Result: "Quick Looks","youtube_id":"hR1FN_6ITEE","image":"vatar\/0\/31\/3253938-yakuza_like_a_dragon_ql.jpg"}"

I think we should extract the text from the right of "Quick Looks" to the "{" character.

Please can you help me?

Regards,

**Glenn Kennedy** · 04-19-2021, 01:03 PM

Assumptions:

1. You are using Excel 2013 or later.

2. You are using a PC, not a Mac.

3. this works:

=FILTERXML("<A>"&SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"}","{"),"{","")&"</A>","//B[contains(.,'Quick Looks')]")

However, I suspect we might have fun translating this into French!!!

**Glenn Kennedy** · 04-19-2021, 01:07 PM

If your "free text" contains someprohibited characters:

<

&

we will need to apply a fix to the above formula. But first, can we get it working in French in your current n=1 sample????

**Bastien13R** · 04-19-2021, 01:45 PM

Gleen,

You're my Hero!

Thank you very much.

**Bastien13R** · 04-19-2021, 02:41 PM

Re,

The file works but we have some #VALUE! and #EPARS issues.

Please find the file below.

Note: Excel converts fonctions in french if we open the file directly.

Regards

**Fluff13** · 04-19-2021, 03:43 PM

The #Value error can be dealt with quite easily, but where you get the #Spill (#Epars) error it means you have more than one "Quick Looks". What do you want to happen for those, as I notice that one of them has about 7 values?

**Glenn Kennedy** · 04-20-2021, 03:07 AM

No answer to Fluff's question....

So. This returns each possible answer in its own cell.

=IFERROR(FILTERXML("<A>"&SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE($G2,"&","&"),"}","{"),"{","")&"</A>","//B[contains(.,'Quick Looks')]["&COLUMNS($L2:L2)&"]"),"")

**Bastien13R** · 04-20-2021, 04:31 AM

Hello everyone,

I just noticed that the right text always starts with "{name:" + the name of the video game (column B).

Example (Line 32): {"name":"Hitman 2" ..."Quick Looks"...}

Can we create a conditional function combining the name of the game (Col B) + "Quick Looks" text and a separate function taking into account only the game name?

Regards,

**Fluff13** · 04-20-2021, 10:08 AM

That creates more problems because of the ' in some of the names & doesn't change the fact that you still get multiple returns for some of the rows.

**Glenn Kennedy** · 04-20-2021, 10:15 AM

I am no longer clear about what you expect to see. Please upload a fresh SMALL sample sheet, with expected results.

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