Hi Morton

B1 =LEFT(A1,FIND("(",A1)-1)
C1 =SUBSTITUTE(MID(A1,FIND("(",A1)+1),")","")
I can't tell form your posting whether there is a space between the last
digit and (.
If there is, then use -2 in the first formula
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Regards
Roger Govier

"Morton Detwyler" wrote in
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I receive hundreds of rows of text data for part numbers and part
descriptions. The data is in a row format, beginning in A1, A2, A3, etc.
The data in each row is one text string; e.g.
Cell A1 - 123456-789 (PNL, 15.4 WXGA BV, RoHS, LPL)
Cell A2 - 57CX4962012 (LCD INVERTER)

I would like to separate the data in each of the text strings into the
format below. I've had a real challenge with extracting the part
description
from the parentheses.

Cell A1 Cell B1
Cell C1
123456-789 (PNL, RoHS, LPL) 123456-789 PNL, RoHS, LPL

Cell A2 Cell B2
Cell C2
57CX4962012 (LCD INVERTER) 57CX4962012 LCD INVERTER

Thank you for your time and assistance.