Hello RD

You were kind enough to help me out on a string finding exercise.

The example was something like "Plate Plan for Daughterboard 286338
(05_jul08_0036) for XXXX(h) at 100.0 ATP Concentration"

and you came up with:

=MID(SUBSTITUTE(A4,"for","^^",2),FIND("^^",SUBSTIT UTE(A4,"for","^^",2))+3,
FIND("(h)",A4)-FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(A4,"for","^^",2)))

which in nearly all worked a complete treat.

I have there kinases which have a ", activated" after the
kinase_name(h) and the string only finds the first part.

"Plate Plan for Daughterboard 286338 (05_jul08_0036) for XXXX(h),
activated at 100.0 ATP Concentration"

Two questions:

Can you explain to me how the above works?

and

can it be adapted for a kinase name with a space in it?

Many thanks for the time you've already spent on this.

Yours

Aj

I see only one comma when "activated" is present.

Does this work for you:

=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"for","^^",2),FIND("^^",SU BSTITUTE(A1,"for","^^",2))
+3,
FIND("(h)",A1)-FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"for","^^",2)))&IF(ISNUMBE R(FIND(",",
A1))," activated",""))

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HTH,

RD

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Hello RD

You were kind enough to help me out on a string finding exercise.

The example was something like "Plate Plan for Daughterboard 286338
(05_jul08_0036) for XXXX(h) at 100.0 ATP Concentration"

and you came up with:

=MID(SUBSTITUTE(A4,"for","^^",2),FIND("^^",SUBSTIT UTE(A4,"for","^^",2))+3,
FIND("(h)",A4)-FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(A4,"for","^^",2)))

which in nearly all worked a complete treat.

I have there kinases which have a ", activated" after the
kinase_name(h) and the string only finds the first part.

"Plate Plan for Daughterboard 286338 (05_jul08_0036) for XXXX(h),
activated at 100.0 ATP Concentration"

Two questions:

Can you explain to me how the above works?

and

can it be adapted for a kinase name with a space in it?

Many thanks for the time you've already spent on this.

Yours

Aj

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:22:37 -0700, "Ragdyer"
wrote:

I see only one comma when "activated" is present.

Does this work for you:

=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"for","^^",2),FIND("^^",S UBSTITUTE(A1,"for","^^",2))
+3,
FIND("(h)",A1)-FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"for","^^",2)))&IF(ISNUMBE R(FIND(",",
A1))," activated",""))
Hi

It surely did.

I've figured out how most of this works.

Could you explain the use of ISNUMBER?

Many thanks again

Aj

The Find() function returns a number for the location of the character(s)
we're looking for.
In this case, it's the comma.
If that character is not found, Find() returns an error (#VALUE!).

Isnumber() evaluates the return of the Find() function ...
TRUE if it's a number (character found),
FALSE if it's an error (character *not* found).

SO, the return of Isnumber() designates which argument of that final IF()
formula will fire ...
the value-if-true, the text ", activated" ...
or, the value-if-false, a blank ( "" ).

Finally, try out this shorter version of the parsing formula.
It should do the same job as the original:

=MID(A1,SEARCH(") for",A1)+6,(FIND("(h)",A1)+2)-(SEARCH(") for",A1)+5))
&IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(",",A1)),", activated","")

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HTH,

RD

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On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:22:37 -0700, "Ragdyer"
wrote:

I see only one comma when "activated" is present.

Does this work for you:


=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"for","^^",2),FIND("^^",S UBSTITUTE(A1,"for","^^",2)
)
+3,

FIND("(h)",A1)-FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"for","^^",2)))&IF(ISNUMBE R(FIND(","
,
A1))," activated",""))
Hi

It surely did.

I've figured out how most of this works.

Could you explain the use of ISNUMBER?

Many thanks again

Aj