You could strip out the file name fairly quickly with
=Right(A1,len(A1)-28)

(I hope I counted correctly)

"Gordon" wrote:

Hi...

I have 4000 entries in column A similar to...

C:\Common Standards Reports\Spare Parts 0606.xls
C:\Common Standards Reports\Steering wheels 110606.xls
C:\Common Standards Reports\yellow paint 22876.xls

I need the corresponding/adjacent cell in column B to strip out the number
string so that said cells read:

0606
110606
22876

Can this be done?

Thanks in advance...