=MID(A1,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"01234 56789")),SUMPRODUCT(LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},""))))

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HTH

Bob

"Dave" wrote in message
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Using Excel 2003...

I have a worksheet with three columns.
-In the first column I have data containg a name and position #. For
example, Joey Doe 01199.
-In the second column I would like to extra only the numerical values.
How
can I do this? For the example above I would like to extract 01199.