read characters starting from the right until a space is reached

Is there a function to read values starting from the right of a cell and pulling characters until I reach a space?

Two examples:
SGA3220R_IAOAKTREE (BTL-3) 1177 64089 - would return "64089"
SGA3321R_IAREDROAD (BTL-3) 1177 975 - would return "975"

I know I could do a Text to Columns with a space delimiter but was hoping to find something easier. Thanks in advance for any help.

With your data in A1, this formula will work given that "(BTL-3) 1177 " will
always precede the number that you want to return.

=RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND("(BTL-3) ",A1)-12))

Hope this helps,
Paul

"wolfpack95" <[email protected]> wrote
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>
> Is there a function to read values starting from the right of a cell and
> pulling characters until I reach a space?
>
> Two examples:
> SGA3220R_IAOAKTREE (BTL-3) 1177 64089 - would return "64089"
> SGA3321R_IAREDROAD (BTL-3) 1177 975 - would return "975"
>
> I know I could do a Text to Columns with a space delimiter but was
> hoping to find something easier. Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>
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Assuming that the text will never use the character "^", then use the following formula:-

=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND("^",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","^",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))),1))

If "^" is used replace it with a character that will never appear e.g. ¬ or ¦

And....another way for when there may be more than 1 space:

A1: (some text)
B1: =RIGHT(A1,MATCH("
",MID(A1,LEN(A1)+1-ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&(LEN(A1)))),1),0)-1)

Note: Commit that array formula by holding down [Ctrl]+[Shift] when you
press [enter]


Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"wolfpack95" wrote:

>
> Is there a function to read values starting from the right of a cell and
> pulling characters until I reach a space?
>
> Two examples:
> SGA3220R_IAOAKTREE (BTL-3) 1177 64089 - would return "64089"
> SGA3321R_IAREDROAD (BTL-3) 1177 975 - would return "975"
>
> I know I could do a Text to Columns with a space delimiter but was
> hoping to find something easier. Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>
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> wolfpack95
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>

Thanks for all the replies. Ron Coderre's formula does what I need.