Excel combining "IF" and "MID" in a formula to pull a specific word.

Dustin R

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Hello everyone I am new to the page and I am in need of some Excel help. What I am trying to do is pull the second word out of a string of text if the first word matches. Here are the examples of the string of text I am working with.
eLearning AT3050 9:58am EST (New York......
OBSERVATION O200050 10:32am EST (New York......
What I need is Excel to look at the first word and if it matches "eLearning" to retrieve the AT3050 or if it matches "OBSERVATION" to pull the O200050. I tried using MID formula however, the first words are not the same length either are the second words. Now I am stuck. Can anyone help with this.
 

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Try this:

=IF(or(LEFT(A1,5)="eLear",LEFT(A1,5)="OBSER"),MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,SEARCH(" ",A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1)-SEARCH(" ",A1)-1),"")
 
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Welcome to the forum! Copy B1 down.
Excel Workbook
AB
1eLearning AT3050 9:58am EST (New York......AT3050
2OBSERVATION O200050 10:32am EST*
Sheet2
 
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Welcome to the forum! Copy B1 down.
Sheet2

*AB
eLearning AT3050 9:58am EST (New York......AT3050
OBSERVATION O200050 10:32am EST*

<colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; "><col style="width:284px;"><col style="width:51px;"></colgroup><tbody>
[TD="bgcolor: #cacaca, align: center"]1[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: #cacaca, align: center"]2[/TD]

</tbody>

Spreadsheet Formulas
CellFormula
B1=IF(LEFT(TRIM(A1),9)="eLearning",TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A1)," ",REPT(" ",100)),100,100)),"")

<tbody>
</tbody>

<tbody>
</tbody>


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Thank you for taking the time to help me.
When I tried this it comes back blank am I doing something wrong?
 
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Thank you for taking the time to help me.
When I tried this it comes back blank am I doing something wrong?
Sorry, I just read your initial post again and see I left out the second key word. Try this instead:

Excel Workbook
AB
1eLearning AT3050 9:58am EST (New York......AT3050
2OBSERVATION O200050 10:32am ESTO200050
Sheet1
 
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Sorry, I just read your initial post again and see I left out the second key word. Try this instead:

Sheet1

*AB
eLearning AT3050 9:58am EST (New York......AT3050
OBSERVATION O200050 10:32am ESTO200050

<colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; "><col style="width:284px;"><col style="width:59px;"></colgroup><tbody>
[TD="bgcolor: #cacaca, align: center"]1[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: #cacaca, align: center"]2[/TD]

</tbody>

Spreadsheet Formulas
CellFormula
B1=IF(OR(LEFT(TRIM(A1),9)="eLearning",LEFT(TRIM(A1),11)="OBSERVATION"),TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A1)," ",REPT(" ",100)),100,100)),"")

<tbody>
</tbody>

<tbody>
</tbody>


Excel tables to the web >> Excel Jeanie HTML 4
Thank you so much that worked perfectly.
 
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IS there a way to adapt this formula to get the 2nd, 3th... word in the phrase? Thanks
 
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IS there a way to adapt this formula to get the 2nd, 3th... word in the phrase? Thanks
Yes there is a way. Post some examples of the strings you are working with and what result you want for each.
 
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