=--MID(A1,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(-MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)),0),SUMPRODU CT(--(ISNUMBER(-MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)))))
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Provided all the numbers are clustered together and not interspersed between
text at different positions






"Rich Hayes" wrote in message
...
In column A I have 1000 rows of text.Within each line of text in this
column
is a 5 digit number that is at different points within the text. Is there
any
way I can extract the 5 digit number and have it in column B alongside the
text it came from?

e.g. some text is dfgjdfgdfgd14532sfddfgdfg
other text is dfgsdfgsdfgdfgdfgdfgdf14321
i.e totally random text but with a number in there.

If it was always at the end of the text i'd simply do a formula
=RIGHT(A1,5)
However it's not that simple.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Regards

Rich