On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 12:01:02 -0700, gdd6936
wrote:

I have data that appears like this: "R1-C2-D1-12". I would like the same data
appear in another column like this: "1-2-1-12". How can I make this happen
without spending hours typing it in, I have several thousand lines?

Download and install Longre's free morefunc.xll add-in from
http://xcell05.free.fr

Then (assuming that all the letters will be capital letters), use the formula:

=REGEX.SUBSTITUTE(A1,"[A-Z]")

If there may be non-capitalized letters, then:

=REGEX.SUBSTITUTE(A1,"[A-Za-z]")


--ron