I have a spreadsheet with a column of amatuer radio call signs that consist
of a numerical digit in text. The text string can vary in length and the
numbers position can also vary within the text. I would like to find the
position of the number in the text. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Don

Try something like this:

For a value in A1
B1: =MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789") )

If A1: wavc1asd
the formula returns 5 (the number is in the 5th position)

Does that help?

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Don" wrote:

I have a spreadsheet with a column of amatuer radio call signs that consist
of a numerical digit in text. The text string can vary in length and the
numbers position can also vary within the text. I would like to find the
position of the number in the text. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Don

Ron,
That does find the position number of the number but when I try to use it
in my function it returns a #VALUE error . I saved the position number in
column P and have tryed to convert text to number just in case that was the
problem. Here is the code I am trying to use:
=RIGHT(CALL,(LEN(CALL)-FIND(P2,CALL,1)))

Again thanks for the help and the quick response.

Don
"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Try something like this:

For a value in A1
B1: =MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789") )

If A1: wavc1asd
the formula returns 5 (the number is in the 5th position)

Does that help?

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Don" wrote:

I have a spreadsheet with a column of amatuer radio call signs that consist
of a numerical digit in text. The text string can vary in length and the
numbers position can also vary within the text. I would like to find the
position of the number in the text. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Don

If you're trying to pull from the 1st number to the end of the string in the
cell named CALL, try this:

=MID(CALL,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"012 3456789")),255)

Does that help?

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Don" wrote:

Ron,
That does find the position number of the number but when I try to use it
in my function it returns a #VALUE error . I saved the position number in
column P and have tryed to convert text to number just in case that was the
problem. Here is the code I am trying to use:
=RIGHT(CALL,(LEN(CALL)-FIND(P2,CALL,1)))

Again thanks for the help and the quick response.

Don
"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Try something like this:

For a value in A1
B1: =MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789") )

If A1: wavc1asd
the formula returns 5 (the number is in the 5th position)

Does that help?

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Don" wrote:

I have a spreadsheet with a column of amatuer radio call signs that consist
of a numerical digit in text. The text string can vary in length and the
numbers position can also vary within the text. I would like to find the
position of the number in the text. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Don

If you only want the letters after the 1st digit in the string, then how
about this:

=MID(CALL,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"012 3456789"))+1,255)

Am I on the right track here?

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Don" wrote:

Ron,
That does find the position number of the number but when I try to use it
in my function it returns a #VALUE error . I saved the position number in
column P and have tryed to convert text to number just in case that was the
problem. Here is the code I am trying to use:
=RIGHT(CALL,(LEN(CALL)-FIND(P2,CALL,1)))

Again thanks for the help and the quick response.

Don
"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Try something like this:

For a value in A1
B1: =MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789") )

If A1: wavc1asd
the formula returns 5 (the number is in the 5th position)

Does that help?

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Don" wrote:

I have a spreadsheet with a column of amatuer radio call signs that consist
of a numerical digit in text. The text string can vary in length and the
numbers position can also vary within the text. I would like to find the
position of the number in the text. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Don

Ron,
I was able to make it work thanks to your help. Here is what I came up
with to make it work:

=RIGHT(CALL,(LEN(CALL)-((MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},C4&"0123456789" ))))))

This gives me exatly what I want.
Thank you very much.

Don

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

If you only want the letters after the 1st digit in the string, then how
about this:

=MID(CALL,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"012 3456789"))+1,255)

Am I on the right track here?

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Don" wrote:

Ron,
That does find the position number of the number but when I try to use it
in my function it returns a #VALUE error . I saved the position number in
column P and have tryed to convert text to number just in case that was the
problem. Here is the code I am trying to use:
=RIGHT(CALL,(LEN(CALL)-FIND(P2,CALL,1)))

Again thanks for the help and the quick response.

Don
"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Try something like this:

For a value in A1
B1: =MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789") )

If A1: wavc1asd
the formula returns 5 (the number is in the 5th position)

Does that help?

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Don" wrote:

I have a spreadsheet with a column of amatuer radio call signs that consist
of a numerical digit in text. The text string can vary in length and the
numbers position can also vary within the text. I would like to find the
position of the number in the text. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Don