Try:

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?