Try in N1:

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("SALES",A1)),SUBSTITUTE(A1,"SA LES","")+0,"")

Replace SEARCH with FIND
if you need the check on the text to be case sensitive
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"Leben" wrote in message
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I want to test a cell using something like a "substring" looking for 5
characters. If I find a match I want to capture an use the 4 postion
numeric
value in another cell. Example: A1 contains "SALES 4567". I want to
test
cell A1 for "SALES" and If I find the value "SALES" I want to capture the
numeric value "4567" in cell N1.

Thanks, JOHN