Extract data one after a character after a special character

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Hi I ma hope some one can help me with the following . I have the follow data . I need to return the size only i.e XXS, XS S M,L,XL,2XL...which starts from one character after the "-"

[TABLE="width: 217"]
<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]DS2118-O/N-AXXS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS2118-O/N-BXS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS2118-O/N-CS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS2118-O/N-DM[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS2118-O/N-EL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS2118-O/N-FXL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS2118-O/N-G2XL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS2118-O/N-G3XL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS2118-O/N-G4XL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS2118-O/N-G5XL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS2118-O/N-G6XL

Thanks in advance[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 

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Hi,

If your data is Always in the format as shown in your sample:


Book1
ABC
1DS2118-O/N-AXXSXXS
2DS2118-O/N-BXSXS
3DS2118-O/N-CSS
4DS2118-O/N-DMM
5DS2118-O/N-ELL
6DS2118-O/N-FXLXL
7DS2118-O/N-G2XL2XL
8DS2118-O/N-G3XL3XL
9DS2118-O/N-G4XL4XL
10DS2118-O/N-G5XL5XL
11DS2118-O/N-G6XL6XL
Sheet517
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C1=MID(A1,SEARCH("/N-",A1)+4,99)


Formula copied down.

If your data format varies, please give more samples.
 
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jtakw said:
Hi,

If your data is Always in the format as shown in your sample:

ABC
DS2118-O/N-AXXSXXS
DS2118-O/N-BXSXS
DS2118-O/N-CSS
DS2118-O/N-DMM
DS2118-O/N-ELL
DS2118-O/N-FXLXL
DS2118-O/N-G2XL2XL
DS2118-O/N-G3XL3XL
DS2118-O/N-G4XL4XL
DS2118-O/N-G5XL5XL
DS2118-O/N-G6XL6XL

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]11[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

</tbody>
Sheet517​

[TABLE="width: 85%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Worksheet Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
<thead>[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]
[TH="width: 10px"]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
[/TR]
</thead><tbody>[TR]
[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]C1[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=MID(A1,SEARCH("/N-",A1)+4,99)[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]



Formula copied down.

If your data format varies, please give more samples.
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Thanks for this sorry to mention that my data format varies further examples are as follows:

[TABLE="width: 217"]
<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]DT1139-NAV-R077[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1139-NAV-R082[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1139-NAV-R087[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1139-NAV-R092[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1139-NAV-R097[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1139-NAV-R102[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1139-NAV-R107[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1139-NAV-R112[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1147-NAV-R077[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1147-NAV-R082[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1147-NAV-R087[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1147-NAV-R092[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1147-NAV-R097[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1147-NAV-R102[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1147-NAV-R107[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1147-NAV-R112[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1140-NAV-L074[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1140-NAV-L079[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1140-NAV-L084[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1140-NAV-L089[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DT1140-NAV-L094[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

[TABLE="width: 217"]
<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]DS1118-ORA-EL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS1118-ORA-FXL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS1118-ORA-G2XL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS1118-ORA-G3XL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS1118-ORA-G4XL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS1118-ORA-G5XL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS1118-ORA-G6XL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DS1118T1-ORA-AXXS[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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Hmmm...I don't see any "size" information in the first set above? Are they the numbers after "R", "L", etc..?
 
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I'll be signing off now, so assuming the Numbers are the Sizes for the top set in your new sample, and assuming you Always have 2 hyphens in the Text string:


Book1
ABC
1DS2118-O/N-AXXSXXS
2DS2118-O/N-BXSXS
3DS2118-O/N-CSS
4DS2118-O/N-DMM
5DS2118-O/N-ELL
6DS2118-O/N-FXLXL
7DS2118-O/N-G2XL2XL
8DS2118-O/N-G3XL3XL
9DS2118-O/N-G4XL4XL
10DS2118-O/N-G5XL5XL
11DS2118-O/N-G6XL6XL
12DT1139-NAV-R077077
13DT1139-NAV-R082082
14DT1139-NAV-R087087
15DT1139-NAV-R092092
16DT1139-NAV-R097097
17DT1139-NAV-R102102
18DT1139-NAV-R107107
19DT1139-NAV-R112112
20DT1140-NAV-L074074
21DT1140-NAV-L079079
22DT1140-NAV-L084084
23DT1140-NAV-L089089
24DT1140-NAV-L094094
25DS1118-ORA-ELL
26DS1118-ORA-FXLXL
27DS1118-ORA-G2XL2XL
28DS1118-ORA-G3XL3XL
29DS1118-ORA-G4XL4XL
30DS1118-ORA-G5XL5XL
31DS1118-ORA-G6XL6XL
32DS1118T1-ORA-AXXSXXS
Sheet517
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C1=MID(A1,FIND("-",A1,FIND("-",A1)+1)+2,99)
 
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