I have data in Col A.
I am looking for a formula to extract data after the second space to the right and before the dash (-)
I have manually extract the data in Col B , so you can see what I am triying to achieve
It would be appreciated if someone could kindly assist me
One way:
=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(LEFT(A1,FIND(" - ",A1)-1)," ",REPT(" ",99),2),98))
Make sure that calculations are set to automatic on the Formulas ribbon.
Ali
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Many Thanks Ali
Your formula works perfectly
Please explain the signifinace of
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Use the EVALUATE FORMULA option on the Formulas ribbon to step through it - you will see that this inserts 99 blanks in place of the second blank in the text string, and by doing this, we can isolate the last 98 characters knowing that they will contain nothing that we don't want. We then TRIM away the leading spaces that are left.
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Many Thanks for the help
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