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I have a column of cells, each of which contains five numbers separated by spaces, e.g., 11 8 10 5 8. Is it possible to write a formula that would select either the first number, "11" or the second number "8"?
Thank you for any help.
I have a column of cells, each of which contains five numbers separated by spaces, e.g., 11 8 10 5 8. Is it possible to write a formula that would select either the first number, "11" or the second number "8"?
Thank you for any help.
The first number is given by:
=--LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)
You can get the second number with this:
=--MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,2)
assuming your numbers are no more than two digits long.
Hope this helps.
Pete
Hi, welcome to the forum
Try this...
11 8 10 5 8
A1=youer "number"
B1=the number you want to find
C1=--IF(B1=1,LEFT(A1,2),MID(A1,FIND("xx",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","xx",B1-1),1)+1,2))
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For similar layout shown by FDibbins
change value in B1
=--TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(" "&A1," ",REPT(" ",25)),25*B1,25))
Last edited by AlKey; 01-17-2015 at 05:32 PM.
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Pete's solution works best for me. Thank you.
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