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Does anyone know how to retrieve certain text from string in excel? for
example,
in cell A1, " 1 abc 18 21", I would like to retrieve the value of 1
in B1, and 18 in C1 without including any space. Does anyone have any
suggestion?
Thank you in advance
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Eric,

Would Text to columns work? It can be found under the Data menu

HTH Rob

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Does anyone know how to retrieve certain text from string in excel? for
example,
in cell A1, " 1 abc 18 21", I would like to retrieve the value of
1
in B1, and 18 in C1 without including any space. Does anyone have any
suggestion?
Thank you in advance
Eric



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Eric,

Would Text to columns work? It can be found under the Data menu

HTH Rob

"Eric" wrote in message
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Does anyone know how to retrieve certain text from string in excel? for
example,
in cell A1, " 1 abc 18 21", I would like to retrieve the value of
1
in B1, and 18 in C1 without including any space. Does anyone have any
suggestion?
Thank you in advance
Eric




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