extract only 10 characters(numeric) in a cell

[xatomicx]

Hi,

in row A:A i have bunch of data, and sometimes there is a a 10 character numeric value. Can i, in B:B on top of each other, put all those 10 strings character that it find?

[AliGW]

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[xatomicx]

example attached. in yellow would be the results

[AliGW]

Try this:

=LET(f,FILTER(A1:A471,ISNUMBER(A1:A471)),IF(LEN(f)=5,TEXT(f,"dd/mm/yyyy"),f))

[AliGW]

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[Glenn Kennedy]

That may not work if you want to use the date for any subsequent sums (differences, turn round times, etc). So, turn it on its head and use:

=LET(f,FILTER(A1:A471,ISNUMBER(A1:A471)),IF(LEN(f)=10,TEXT(f,"0"),f))

and format the column as a date. Now the converse it true. If you want to add/sum, etc the 10 digit numbers, it'll be more tricky. it depends on what you want to do next!!