Extract text from a text string

xor · #1 02-11-2017, 06:30 AM

With your data in A2:B7 enter in C2:

=--MID(A2,FIND(".",A2,FIND(".",A2)+1)+1,FIND(".",A2,F IND(".",A2,FIND(".",A2)+1)+1)-FIND(".",A2,FIND(".",A2)+1)-1)

Copy down.

Haha88 · #2 02-13-2017, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xor

With your data in A2:B7 enter in C2:

=--MID(A2,FIND(".",A2,FIND(".",A2)+1)+1,FIND(".",A2,F IND(".",A2,FIND(".",A2)+1)+1)-FIND(".",A2,FIND(".",A2)+1)-1)

Copy down.

This works the wonder!!!

Just wondering why "--"?

Many thanks

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