I don't know if this is what you are looking for but if the ID is in say H1,
you use the UDF:

Function NumberIt(CompanyCell As Range) As Double
C = CompanyCell.Value
For x = 1 To Len(C)
If IsNumeric(Mid(C, x, 1)) Then n = n & Mid(C, x, 1)
Next x
NumberIt = --n
End Function

in your VLOOKUP() like:

=VLOOKUP(NumberIt(H1),..........rest of vlookup formula


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"mithu" wrote in message
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Hello..
I am having trouble with extracting numbers from merged cells

i have a top row that has lets say for example


"Company XYX 23432 R & P analysis"


without the quotes.. is there anyway to extract the 23432 which is
the company id from this merged cell


I am doing this because i need to do a vlookup and the 23432 is the
lookup value for this particluar file. .there is about 300 files i
need to update so i dont want to go in one by one and add a new cell
with the company id.


anyway to do a vlookup and have it search for a numerical value or
something like that?


anyhelp you can give would be greatly appreicated.


Thanks


mithu