Maybe something like this:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)*1

This assumes that the number is always followed by a space and there are no
spaces before the number.

HTH,
Paul

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"NickPro72" wrote in message
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Here is my example:

1 - fksdlafjd
2 - dklsafj
3 - lkdfjad
......
....
10 - salkjdfjdsl
11 - dklsafjsdj;lfdf

I am trying to grab the beginning # and put it in a different cell. This
is
the formula that I am trying: =value(left(cell_ref,??????)). This is not
working for me. Any other ideas?