Count number of characters before, after or in between a character

mrexcelrc

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Hi Excel master,
I've been struggling to figure this out and so I am requesting you help to write formulas based on this particular value:

For example:

CMR_01_28988699_0

Questions:
1. Formula for counting the number of characters after the underscrore after R?
2. Formula for counting the number of characters between the underscore after 1 and underscore before the last character 0?
3. Formula for returning the value between the underscore after R and underscore before 2 which is 01?

Thank you very much for your help!
 

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=len(a1)-find("_",a1)

=find("~",substitute(a1,"_","~",3))-find("~",substitute(a1,"_","~",2))-1

=mid(a1,find("_",a1)+1,find("~",substitute(a1,"_","~",2))-find("_",a1)-1)
 
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Just another way for formulas 2 and 3

=LEN(TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"_",REPT(" ",99)),200,99)))


=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"_",REPT(" ",99)),99,99))
 
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