search macro/formula help
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A1=text string ancekdgkhglsdkgldfgkjdflgdg7890gafgagdfg205056agad gafgafg1234567adfgdfg32adfg........ B1=Search string (1234567) =IF(ISERROR(MID(A1,SEARCH(B1,A1),LEN(B1))),"",MID( A1,SEARCH(B1,A1),LEN(B1))) or =IF(ISERROR(MID(A1,SEARCH(B1,A1),LEN(B1))),"",B1) HTH "refresh" wrote: Hiya, I'm trying to find some info from a stream of data. There is a lot of info and it varies from one line to next so I can't target set start points in the string by using MID. Ideally, from the following I would be able to pick out and return 1234567. ancekdgkhglsdkgldfgkjdflgdg7890gafgagdfg205056agad gafgafg1234567adfgdfg32adfgadfg54gaadfgadga329adfg afgag654123afga The number is arbitrary as it would be a different and unknown number in every case. The only constant is the length and format of the string I'm looking for. I've got 30,000+ of these strings and I'd like to know if there is a way to pick out the number in excel or if there is something else i should look at that might help. I'd appreciate any assistance you can offer. Many thanks. Is what I'm asking possible and are there any quick ways to run this? |
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