Try this more conventional way with a single function:

=MID(A1,3,6)

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"RagDyer" wrote in message
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If the original data is always the same length, and the data to be
returned is always in the same location within that data, try this:

=LEFT(RIGHT(A1,8),6)

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"Sharon R" <Sharon wrote in message
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I need a formula to copy the middle digits from one cell to another. i.e.
132sk215zb from Cell A1 and transfer only the 2sk215 into Cell D1. Can
anyone help?