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Default FIND 2nd character in a string

You can select the column..Data Text to Columns and separate the pieces to
columns....If you are looking for a formula below is one way..

=TRIM(LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(MID(A1,FIND("/",A1,FIND("/",A1)+1)+1,LEN(A1)),"/",REPT(CHAR(32),LEN(A1))),LEN(A1)))

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"Fuzzy" wrote:

how do i use the FIND function to get the 2nd character?

for eg:

A1 has 005/0101/78445945/2002

the entire column has strings like the above....

i want only those characters after the 2nd "/" and before the 3rd "/"
what formula to use?

in the above result, the answer should be - 78445945