Hi
It depends on the criteria you are using and how similar the information is
to your example. TO get 73 from the cell content you posted you could use:
=MID(A2,13,2)
which start at the 13th character and returns the next 2

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Andy.


"D richardson" wrote in message
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I have a cell that contains l1931-06-05l73lyrs
I want to be able to pull off just the 73, is this possible