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    Extracting A Number From A String Of Text

    Hi

    I have been trying to find a formula that would extract a number from a string of text.

    The cell in the Excel spreadsheet is formatted as below and I would just like to extract the number between the :'s.

    user:12345678:supportuser
    system:87654321:systemuser

    Hoping someone can help
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    Re: Extracting A Number From A String Of Text

    Will the number string ever start with leading zeros?

    012345678
    000456789

    EDIT: Will the number string ALWAYS be the same length? Your samples are both 8 digits long.
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    Re: Extracting A Number From A String Of Text

    Try

    =MID(A1,FIND(":",A1)+1,FIND(":",A1,FIND(":",A1)+1)-FIND(":",A1)-1)*1
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    Re: Extracting A Number From A String Of Text

    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Valko View Post
    Will the number string ever start with leading zeros?

    012345678
    000456789

    EDIT: Will the number string ALWAYS be the same length? Your samples are both 8 digits long.
    Some numbers will start with a leading zero and may sometimes be 9 digits
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    Re: Extracting A Number From A String Of Text

    Try this...

    Data Range
    A
    B
    2
    user:12345678:supportuser
    12345678
    3
    system:087654321:systemuser
    087654321

    This formula entered in B2 and copied down:

    =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A2,":",REPT(" ",100)),100,100))
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    Re: Extracting A Number From A String Of Text

    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Valko View Post
    Try this...

    Data Range
    A
    B
    2
    user:12345678:supportuser
    12345678
    3
    system:087654321:systemuser
    087654321

    This formula entered in B2 and copied down:

    =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A2,":",REPT(" ",100)),100,100))
    That works great, thanks so much
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    Re: Extracting A Number From A String Of Text

    You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!
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