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    Extract specific number of characters if word in cell begins with specific text

    Hi friends,

    I would like ask you for help with 1 formula what I am trying to use.

    I need to extract from list 10 characters from words which begin with "210". Refer to example below, where you can see it in column A "Data" and then column B "Result" where is written what I need to extract.

    thank you in advance
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    Re: Extract specific number of characters if word in cell begins with specific text

    Hi Tapry,

    See if this works for you:
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    Re: Extract specific number of characters if word in cell begins with specific text

    Oh, you saved me :-). Thank you very much, it works perfectly :-)

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