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Default Extracting parts of a cell when only certain words appear

Rick,
Thank you so much. I'm gonna right this formula on the black board and
probably stare it for the next month or so. I am grateful.
May I ask how you would write this for state and zip?

"Rick Rothstein" wrote:

Try these formulas in the indicated cells and then copy them down...

B1:
=IF(LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,",",""))=3,TRIM(MID(A1,FIND(",", A1)+1,FIND(",",MID(A1,FIND(",",A1)+1,99))-1)),"")

C1: =TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-10),",",REPT(" ",99)),99))

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Rick (MVP - Excel)


"Craig860" wrote in message
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Ok brain cramp. I'm going to the Lords of Excel for help with this one.

Lets say:
a1=238 Woodbridge Terrace, Apartment 6,South Hadley, MA 01101
a2=123 Anystreet Rd,Boston, MA 06095
a3=490 Elms St.,Apt 6,Hartford, CT 06090

I'd like to get for results in:
B1=Apartment 6
B2=<blank
B3=Apt 6

As a bonus id like to get
C1=South Hadley
C2=Boston
C3=Hartford

You can probably see by now that source data is inconsistent where not
every
line will have an "Apartment" or "Apt". Or am I asking for too much out of
excel? Any help is appreciated.