Wow! Perfect, thanks Ron!

Craig


"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Try this:

With
Your sample data in A1:A2

B1: =--LEFT(MID(A1,SEARCH("$",A1)+1,255),SEARCH("
",MID(A1,SEARCH("$",A1)+1,255))-1)

Copy that formula down to B2

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Craig" wrote:

In a string of text I need to find the first occurrence of a $ (there will
only be one $ in each string) and then return the numbers after the dollar
sign until the first space.

Samples:
1.) E-100 Inventory €“ approved $42,000 (bc 9.32)
2.) E-1700 Inventory €“ signage $7,000 September 2006

Results:
42,000
7,000

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Thanks!

Craig