So the "-1" at the end of the LEFT and MID formulas (option 2) make Excel
drop the last character, ie the "x"? Is that how this works?

"JW" wrote:

Option 2:
=LEFT(A3, SEARCH("x",A3,1)-1)
=MID(A3,SEARCH("x",A3,1)+1,SEARCH("x",A3,SEARCH("x ",A3,1)+1)-
SEARCH("x",A3,1)-1)
=RIGHT(A3,LEN(A3)-SEARCH("x",A3,SEARCH("x",A3,1)+1))