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How to extract a 15 or 16 digit number from an email.

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    How to extract a 15 or 16 digit number from an email.

    Hi there

    I am new to this forum. I have been assigned a task at work for which i need your help.

    I have a cell containing body of an email.How can i check for 15 or 16 digit number in the text and extract it. Basically i am checking for a credit card number in the email and if it is there then i need to extract it to adjacent colum.

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    Re: How to extract a 15 or 16 digit number from an email.

    Hi and welcome to the forum

    Almost impossible to answer this without seeing a sample of what you are working with

    Please post a few MADE_UP examples of your data
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    Re: How to extract a 15 or 16 digit number from an email.

    Hi there i have uploaded a sample worksheet. What i need is to extract a 15 or 16 digit credit card number.
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    Re: How to extract a 15 or 16 digit number from an email.

    This is my VBA solution....
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    Kind regards,
    Piet Bom

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    Re: How to extract a 15 or 16 digit number from an email.

    Cross posted here
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