extract number and use in formula from text & numbers in cell

The text in my cell is 25m3/hour and I want to use 25 in my formula, how do
I use functions to do this? It is not always 25 though, it could be a one,
two or three digit number. and there could be more than one digit mixed in
with the text that I don't want to include

Sorry for wasting everyone's time, I figured it out already!

Text in cell C90 = 25m3/hour
Using formula MID(C90,1,FIND("m",C90,1)-1
The answer = 25

Thanks anyways!

"ivory_kitten" wrote:

> The text in my cell is 25m3/hour and I want to use 25 in my formula, how do
> I use functions to do this? It is not always 25 though, it could be a one,
> two or three digit number. and there could be more than one digit mixed in
> with the text that I don't want to include

>Using formula MID(C90,1,FIND("m",C90,1)-1
>The answer = 25

Just to FYI........

Yes, the result is 25 but that 25 is not a numeric value, it's TEXT and
could cause you to pull your hair out and/or cuss loudly.

To convert the result to a numeric number:

=MID(C90,1,FIND("m",C90)-1)*1

Or:

=LEFT(C90,FIND("m",C90)-1)*1

Biff

"ivory_kitten" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Sorry for wasting everyone's time, I figured it out already!
>
> Text in cell C90 = 25m3/hour
> Using formula MID(C90,1,FIND("m",C90,1)-1
> The answer = 25
>
> Thanks anyways!
>
> "ivory_kitten" wrote:
>
>> The text in my cell is 25m3/hour and I want to use 25 in my formula, how
>> do
>> I use functions to do this? It is not always 25 though, it could be a
>> one,
>> two or three digit number. and there could be more than one digit mixed
>> in
>> with the text that I don't want to include

I will keep that in mind if I have any probs.

It is working fine as a number without updating the formula... so far!

"Biff" wrote:

> >Using formula MID(C90,1,FIND("m",C90,1)-1
> >The answer = 25
>
> Just to FYI........
>
> Yes, the result is 25 but that 25 is not a numeric value, it's TEXT and
> could cause you to pull your hair out and/or cuss loudly.
>
> To convert the result to a numeric number:
>
> =MID(C90,1,FIND("m",C90)-1)*1
>
> Or:
>
> =LEFT(C90,FIND("m",C90)-1)*1
>
> Biff
>
> "ivory_kitten" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Sorry for wasting everyone's time, I figured it out already!
> >
> > Text in cell C90 = 25m3/hour
> > Using formula MID(C90,1,FIND("m",C90,1)-1
> > The answer = 25
> >
> > Thanks anyways!
> >
> > "ivory_kitten" wrote:
> >
> >> The text in my cell is 25m3/hour and I want to use 25 in my formula, how
> >> do
> >> I use functions to do this? It is not always 25 though, it could be a
> >> one,
> >> two or three digit number. and there could be more than one digit mixed
> >> in
> >> with the text that I don't want to include
>
>
>