Extract text of variable length from string (fixed start position)

ajarle

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I have cells where I would like to extract the number before the x and after the x in two different columns:

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<colgroup><col style="width: 139px"></colgroup><tbody>
</tbody>

The numbers are are either three our four digits
 
If your number always started on fixed position, then

First number
=--MID(A1,11,FIND("x",A1)-11)

Second number
=--MID(A1,FIND("x",A1)+1,10)
 
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Thanks, but I get an #ERROR using this:

=-
HLOOKUP(1;-MID(B2;FIND("x";B2)-4;{1,2,3,4});1)

Then I imagine your system uses "\" as the separator for array constants, i.e.:

-HLOOKUP(1;-MID(B2;FIND("x";B2)-4;{1\2\3\4});1)

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