Slightly shorter version

=--MID(A1,MATCH(1,--ISNUMBER(--MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:15")),1)),0),LEN(A1))

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"Ashish Mathur" wrote in message
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Hi,

Assuming that the data is in cell A1, array enter (Ctrl+Shift+Enter) the
following formula in cell B1.


=1*MID(A1,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(1*MID(A1,ROW($1:$5), 1)),0),COUNT(1*MID(A1,ROW(
$1:$15),1)))

You should get only the numeric portion irrespective of the number of text
characters inthe beginning.

Regards,

Ashish Mathur

"ezu" wrote:

In EXCEL XP PRO I am trying to write a formula to convert cells
containing a
letter to a number and am having little success. i.e. A1005 to 11005
or
B1273 to 21273.

Can you enlighten me?