=MID(G2,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},G2&"01234 56789")),1024)


SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},G2&"0123456789")) will return an array of
{7,4,5,6,11,12,13,14,15,16} - note that these numbers relate to the position
in G2, but some are greater than 6 because we appended 0123456789

MIN will the return 4 - self explanatory

MID(A1, SEARCH(...),ROW(...),1024) then returns 1024 characters starting at
character 4, but as there are only 3 more, that is what you get, 123.

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"nebrass" wrote in
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I used this formula to seperate numbers in a string and return the
numbers.
Example:
original string "BD456". the outcome is "456"

The formula worked just fine, but would someone please explain to me
how it did that. The functions used don't follow the standard format
that the stupid excel helper suggests; therefore, I didn't understand
them. The function for a string in cell G2 is

=MID(G2,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},G2&"01234 56789")),1024)


Thank you in advance.
Mahmoud


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