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Default Extract text from a string

You can use TTC (Text To Columns), Delimited,
With the left square bracket as the delimiter.

After the primary separation, use Edit & Replace to eliminate the right
square bracket.

This gives you actual data, with *no* ensuing formulas to deal with.
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HTH,

RD
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"ellebelle" wrote in message
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I have the following cells

A1 = Joe Bloggs[20%]
A2 = Fred Astair[5%]

I would like to pull the percentage out of the name into another cell. At
the moment I have

MID(A1,SEARCH("[",A1)+1,3)

However this won't work for a percentage under 10, like 5%.
Also, there are occasions when there is no percentage in brackets, just the
person's name - is there a way of allowing for this without using an extra
IF
statement?

Thanks,

Ellebelle