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    Searching for a certain word within a cell...

    I found a column of data that has similar data (not exact) as below.

    AVINGER NATURAL GAS 351MW WILKES UNIT #3 UPGRADE

    I need to extract the ###MW from this column and place it in column 'FQ'.

    Any suggestions?

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    Re: Searching for a certain word within a cell...

    Is it always 3 numbers?
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    Re: Searching for a certain word within a cell...

    Assuming it's always 3 numbers, and the text string MW is always in caps, and never contained in any other context, and this is in A3, you can type the following in cell FQ3:

    =MID(A3,FIND("MW",A3)-3,3)

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