Assuming the Alpha is always one character and always either absent or
located on the right...here you go:

If you value is in Column A, place this in ColumnB (strip the digits):
+VALUE(IF(ISNUMBER(A1),A1,LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-1)))

Place this in Column C (snag the character):
+IF(ISNUMBER(A1),"",RIGHT(A1,1))

This can be modified even more for situations in which the letter
appears at the beginning or if there are two letters; however, I didn't
want to make the forumla unduely complicated on the first run.


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