if your data is always the same with 5 numbers after the name, you can use
=RIGHT(B2,5)


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"Dave" wrote:

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.