Hello,

Is there a way to extract numbers from a cell? Basically I have a list of
APN numbers, sometimes they include letters but they are always broken with a
dash. I need to extract the three different sections of the APN number into 3
different cells. For example APN number:

123A-456-789

Needs to be broken up into the following cells as follows:

B1: 123A
C1: 456
D1: 789

As i mentioned earlier numbers and sizes can change, the only constant is
the dash. Thanks for your help.

datatext to columnsdelimitedother -

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Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"Eric" wrote in message
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Hello,

Is there a way to extract numbers from a cell? Basically I have a list of
APN numbers, sometimes they include letters but they are always broken
with a
dash. I need to extract the three different sections of the APN number
into 3
different cells. For example APN number:

123A-456-789

Needs to be broken up into the following cells as follows:

B1: 123A
C1: 456
D1: 789

As i mentioned earlier numbers and sizes can change, the only constant is
the dash. Thanks for your help.

You can try "Text to Columns" under Data on the menu bar.

On the first screen of Text to Columns, select "Delimited". On the 2nd
screen, check the box (and uncheck all other boxes under Delimiters)
"Other:", and type in a dash the box next to Other:. On the third screen,
you can define the data format (Text, Date, etc.) for each delimited column.

I hope that helps.

"Eric" wrote:

Hello,

Is there a way to extract numbers from a cell? Basically I have a list of
APN numbers, sometimes they include letters but they are always broken with a
dash. I need to extract the three different sections of the APN number into 3
different cells. For example APN number:

123A-456-789

Needs to be broken up into the following cells as follows:

B1: 123A
C1: 456
D1: 789

As i mentioned earlier numbers and sizes can change, the only constant is
the dash. Thanks for your help.

DataText to columnsdleimited by other. Enter a hyphen and NextNext

Column Data FormatText..........this to prevent dropping of leading zeros, if
any)

Finish.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:01:01 -0800, Eric wrote:

Hello,

Is there a way to extract numbers from a cell? Basically I have a list of
APN numbers, sometimes they include letters but they are always broken with a
dash. I need to extract the three different sections of the APN number into 3
different cells. For example APN number:

123A-456-789

Needs to be broken up into the following cells as follows:

B1: 123A
C1: 456
D1: 789

As i mentioned earlier numbers and sizes can change, the only constant is
the dash. Thanks for your help.