On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:58:21 -0800, "cj" wrote:

i need a formula to extract numbers.

if cell a1 is "3cash 5stock", i want to extract the number "3" to cell a2
and extract the number "5" to cell a3. the number in cash stock can vary
between 1 to 8 and vice versa.

can some help

If the values are always in that format, then:

a2: =LEFT(A1,FIND("cash",A1)-1)
A3: =MID(A1,FIND("cash",A1)+5,FIND("stock",A1)-FIND("cash",A1)-5)


--ron