Extract numbers from a string

**mkhan123** · 08-24-2010, 10:29 PM

hello,

I have a long string of characters and I want to extract only specific numbers from the string. I am very new to coding in excel, can someone please tell me how can I do it.

For example:

I have a string which says
"customer A purchased napkins, meat and a box of ice cream ( product no 3094844 7876393) "
I just want to extract the numbers which are in the paraenthesis 3094844,7876393

It might be possible that there is only one product number or more than one. and these numbers always appear in paraenthesis after word "product no".

Please someone can help, thanks in advance!

**JBeaucaire** · 08-24-2010, 11:08 PM

This function will work on your data, it's a new formula you can use in this workbook.

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How to install the User Defined Function:

1. Open up your workbook
2. Get into VB Editor (Press Alt+F11)
3. Insert a new module (Insert > Module)
4. Copy and Paste in your code (given above)
5. Get out of VBA (Press Alt+Q)
6. Save as a macro-enabled workbook

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The function is used in an empty cell like so:

=NUMSTR(A1)
=NUMSTR(A1:A3)

...or

=NUMSTR(A1, ",")
=NUMSTR(A1:A3, "-")

This newer version lets you put the delimiter to use as an optional second parameter.

The function will search all the words in your text string and try to determine which are numeric and display ALL of them in a delimited string.

Attached is a sample workbook with the UDF installed and demonstrated for you.

**mkhan123** · 08-25-2010, 08:11 AM

Thank you for the code. Sorry I forgot to mention that in the description there can be other numbers too. For example: "Customer A, (ID 3465) purchased milk can and ice cream (product no 7896542 5678432) from store ID 45"

when I ran your code it returned me back all the numbers including 3465, 45.
I just want to extract numbers which appear in parenthesis with word "product no" i.e (product no 7896542 5678432)

can you please help me with this.. no matter how long is description, whatever other numbers are I am just looking to extract numbers when they appear in parenthesis witht he word product no.

Thank you so much for the help, I will be looking forward to your reply

**romperstomper** · 08-25-2010, 08:43 AM

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**mkhan123** · 08-25-2010, 08:55 AM

sorry for that. I am a newbee to a code, have a deadline on my head thats why I was looking for a quick reply. I will take care of it next time.
here in the link of the other forum

http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/showthr...39#post2421739

**Salaskin** · 06-03-2011, 01:38 PM

Hi I'm new at this and in need of help.
I have a prize list on notepad that i transfered to excel 2010, and I need to extract the prices from each text string and place them on the cell on the right.
Example:

CPU AMD ATHLON II 450 X3 AM3 95.14U$S
CPU AMD ATHLON II 635 X4 AM3 126.36U$S
CPU AMD ATHLON II 640 X4 AM3 1821.36U$S
CPU AMD ATHLON II 645 X4 AM3 129.07U$S
CPU AMD PHENOM 9550 X4 AM2 8.24U$S
CPU AMD PHENOM II 555 X2 AM3 BLACK 108.83U$S
CPU AMD PHENOM II 560 X2 3.3 7MB 129.07U$S

the thing is that the name of the articles a lot of times have numbers, so I'm looking for something that would extract just the price. Something that would extract a string of numbers starting from right to left until it hits a "blank space", while keeping the comas.

This would help me a lot, thanks!

**romperstomper** · 06-03-2011, 03:22 PM

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