Another way....

=REPLACE(A1,1,LOOKUP(LEN(A1)-7,FIND(".",A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))))),"")


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=MID(A1,FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE(A1,".","~",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",""))-1))+1,255)

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HTH

Bob

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"funtipoom" wrote in message
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I have to find the second instance from the right in strings with a
variable
number of segments delimited by ".", where the final string is reliably 6
characters and the remaining segments are of variable length.

Example string:
mypage.My_Details.Yorkshire_and_Humber_region_page .Accountants_shown_ways_of_going_for_Olympic_gold_ .136277

From which I want to extract:
Accountants_shown_ways_of_going_for_Olympic_gold_. 136277