Extract text between occurrences of same character

[jimbomcmucka]

Hey guys,

I'm not sure what I am doing to hit difficulties with this.

I am trying to extract just the text in a string between the 5th and 10th occurrence of a "/". I have tried combining textbefore and textafter functions but am hitting a #VALUE! error each time. Below is my formula, what am I doing wrong?!

=TEXTBEFORE(TEXTAFTER(DATA!A2, "/",5), "/",10)

Thanks as always for your help!
Jim

 

[Fluff]

Can you post some samples of your data.

MrExcel has a tool called “XL2BB” that lets you post samples of your data that will allow us to copy/paste it to our Excel spreadsheets, so we can work with the same copy of data that you are. Instructions on using this tool can be found here: XL2BB Add-in

Note that there is also a "Test Here” forum on this board. This is a place where you can test using this tool (or any other posting techniques that you want to test) before trying to use those tools in your actual posts.

 

[Fluff]

Alternatively, try swapping the two functions round.

 

[jimbomcmucka]

Alternatively, try swapping the two functions round.

Amazing, thanks for your help! Just as I was reading your first response, your second came in.

 

[Fluff]

You're welcome & thanks for the feedback.

In future it would help if you can supply sample data for testing.