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Default Extracting a number from a multiline-entry

On 22 Mrz., 11:23, Mike H wrote:
Hi,

Like this

=LOOKUP(6.022*10^23,--LEFT(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1)))))

or if there could be a leading zero you want to retain the slightly longer

=LEFT(A1,SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(-MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1))))

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Mike

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"andreashermle" wrote:
Dear Experts:


I would like to extract a number from multi-line excel cells. The
cells have the following make-up


123456(manual line break = Alt+Enter)
sample text (manual line break = Alt+Enter)
sample text


In the above example I would like to extract the number located
immediately before the first manual line break and display it in a
separate cell. Can this be done using a formula/function?


Help is much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.


Regards, Andreas
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To all of you: Rick, Ron, Mike:

Thank you very much for your terrific support. I really appreciate it.
I am gonna test all the solutions in the coming days and let you know
how everything works.
GREAT SUPPORT.

Regards, Andreas