Hi,

With this in A1
q2q

=Mid(a1,2,1)
extracts the 2 and you can still do arithmatic on it

If you want it to right justify like a number multiply it by 1

=Mid(a1,2,1)*1

Mike


"FARAZ QURESHI" wrote:

I have used quite some scheme of formulas like left(), right() to extract the
"numbers" from a list of codes but they turn out to be in text form. Any idea
how to use some sort of =Text() like function so as to convert the extracted
figures to numbers?

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Best Regards,
FARAZ A. QURESHI