extract data between values based on seperate input

[Martynrbell]

I have some data in A1 that looks like the following:

PA1*COL 1*50*Snack 1
PA2*3*100*1*100
PA1*COL 2*100*Snack 2
PA2*52*100*0*0
PA1*COL 3*100*Snack 3
PA2*2*200*1*100
PA1*COL 4*50*Snack 4
PA2*7*50*0*0
PA1*COL 5*200*Snack 5
PA2*100*0*0*0

In A2 i need to be able to type a value, in this example i will use "COL 3" and my with the formula will search for PA1*COL 3* return the number after the following PA2* in this example it will be "2"

So if i was to type in A2 the following examples it would return the example values
Col 1 Returns 3
Col 2 Returns 52
Col 3 Returns 2
Col 4 Returns 7
Col 5 Returns 100

Any help would be apreciated

Thanks
Martyn

 

[DanteAmor]

Try


<table border="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff; "> <colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; " /><col style="width:197.7px;" /><col style="width:76.04px;" /></colgroup><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; "><td > </td><td >A</td><td >B</td></tr><tr style="height:185px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >1</td><td >PA1*COL 1*50*Snack 1<br />PA2*3*100*1*100<br />PA1*COL 2*100*Snack 2<br />PA2*52*100*0*0<br />PA1*COL 3*100*Snack 3<br />PA2*2*200*1*100<br />PA1*COL 4*50*Snack 4<br />PA2*7*50*0*0<br />PA1*COL 5*200*Snack 5<br />PA2*100*0*0*0</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >2</td><td >COL 1</td><td style="text-align:right; ">3</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >3</td><td >COL 2</td><td style="text-align:right; ">52</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >4</td><td >COL 3</td><td style="text-align:right; ">2</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >5</td><td >COL 4</td><td style="text-align:right; ">7</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >6</td><td >COL 5</td><td style="text-align:right; ">100</td></tr></table><br /><table style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10pt; border-style: groove ;border-color:#00ff00;background-color:#fffcf9; color:#000000; "><tr><td ><b></b></td></tr><tr><td ><table border = "1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt;"><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; font-size:10pt;"><td >Cell</td><td >Formula</td></tr><tr><td >B2</td><td >=LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(REPLACE($A$1,1,SEARCH("PA2",$A$1,SEARCH(A2,$A$1))+3,""),"*",REPT(" ",99)),99)+0</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

 

[Martynrbell]

Thanks Dante
That works perfectly...
One more thing to pick your brain on regarding this.

Ive figured out that if i increase the +3 in SEARCH(A2,$A$1))+3 in increments of two i can get the next values along,
this is the case until i use +9 to get the last value, then i get an error.
Is there an easy way to return that last value on the line without majorly changing the formula?

THanks again

Martyn

 

[DanteAmor]

Thanks Dante
That works perfectly...
One more thing to pick your brain on regarding this.
Ive figured out that if i increase the +3 in SEARCH(A2,$A$1))+3 in increments of two i can get the next values along,
this is the case until i use +9 to get the last value, then i get an error.
Is there an easy way to return that last value on the line without majorly changing the formula?
THanks again
Martyn

I hope this helps you:

Copy to the right and then down.

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff; "> <colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; " /><col style="width:211.96px;" /><col style="width:70.34px;" /><col style="width:70.34px;" /><col style="width:70.34px;" /><col style="width:70.34px;" /></colgroup><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; "><td > </td><td >A</td><td >B</td><td >C</td><td >D</td><td >E</td></tr><tr style="height:185px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >1</td><td >PA1*COL 1*50*Snack 1<br />PA2*3*100*1*100<br />PA1*COL 2*100*Snack 2<br />PA2*52*100*0*0<br />PA1*COL 3*100*Snack 3<br />PA2*2*200*1*100<br />PA1*COL 4*50*Snack 4<br />PA2*7*50*0*0<br />PA1*COL 5*200*Snack 5<br />PA2*100*0*0*0</td><td >Value 1</td><td >Value 2</td><td >Value 3</td><td >Value 4</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >2</td><td >COL 1</td><td style="text-align:right; ">3</td><td style="text-align:right; ">100</td><td style="text-align:right; ">1</td><td style="text-align:right; ">100</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >3</td><td >COL 2</td><td style="text-align:right; ">52</td><td style="text-align:right; ">100</td><td style="text-align:right; ">0</td><td style="text-align:right; ">0</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >4</td><td >COL 3</td><td style="text-align:right; ">2</td><td style="text-align:right; ">200</td><td style="text-align:right; ">1</td><td style="text-align:right; ">100</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >5</td><td >COL 4</td><td style="text-align:right; ">7</td><td style="text-align:right; ">50</td><td style="text-align:right; ">0</td><td style="text-align:right; ">0</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >6</td><td >COL 5</td><td style="text-align:right; ">100</td><td style="text-align:right; ">0</td><td style="text-align:right; ">0</td><td style="text-align:right; ">0</td></tr></table><br /><table style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10pt; border-style: groove ;border-color:#00ff00;background-color:#fffcf9; color:#000000; "><tr><td ><b></b></td></tr><tr><td ><table border = "1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt;"><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; font-size:10pt;"><td >Cell</td><td >Formula</td></tr><tr><td >B2</td><td >=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(REPLACE($A$1,1,SEARCH("PA2",$A$1,SEARCH($A2,$A$1))+2,""),"PA1",""),CHAR(10),""),"*",REPT(" ",50)),50*COLUMNS($C$1:C1),50))+0</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>