Think there was a cross over in the posting, this only works if the sting of
characters I want is the first thing in the cell (which sometimes it is), I
would love to be able for it to find and extract no matter where it is in the
field, as long as it is 2 letters, 6 numbers and a single letter.
"Bob Phillips" wrote:
> Do you want to break it down into component part? If so then use
>
> B2: =IF(A2<>"",LEFT(A2,2),"")
> C2: =IF(A2<>"",MID(A2,3,6),"")
> D2: =IF(A2<>"",RIGHT(A2,1),"")
>
> and copy down
>
> --
>
> HTH
>
> RP
> (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)
>
>
> "Did" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I have some large cells with various data, some (not all) contain a unique
> > string of charaters which I would like to extract to another cell. The
> string
> > of characters is two alphanumerical then six numerical then one
> > alphanumerical. For those in the UK, like National Insurance numbers. Im
> not
> > very good at VB, so would prefer a formula in a cell but beggers can't be
> > chosers. Thanks for any assistance.
>
>
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