Extract Number From Different Positions in Cells

[Justinian]

I have a spreadsheet with suite numbers and I need to extract only the number from each cell. The problem is that the numbers are in different positions or are sometimes not the only number in that cell. For example, the cell could look like this:

- Twr 1B

In this case, I need to extract the 1 (indicating 1 bedroom)

Other examples could look like this:

- G 1B L

In this case, I need to extract the 1 (indicating 1 bedroom)

Or they could look like this:

- Twr2S#1 or T1Sig#5

In these cases, I need to extract the first number, 2 in the first example and 1 in the second example, excluding the #5 that precedes the "S#" or the "Sig#"

 

[mumps]

If your data is in A1, place this formula in B1 (copy down as necessary):
=MID(A1,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789")),1)

 

[Justinian]

Perfect! Now how do I combine that with my existing VLOOKUP?

=VLOOKUP(A1,Units,2,FALSE)