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Ron Coderre Ron Coderre is offline
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Default Obtain numeric from alphanumeric string

With
A1: (text ending with a numeric value)

This formula returns the number at the end of the string:
B1: =MID(A1,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"01234 56789")),99)*1

Does that help?
Post back if you have more questions.
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Regards,

Ron
Microsoft MVP (Excel)
(XL2003, Win XP)

"Manj" wrote in message
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What is the easy method of obtain numeric from alphanumeric string in an
excel column:-

ab 0.25 I want 0.25
jds 0.125 I want 0.125