Formula to keep specific words only based on position

IamNewbee

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Hi guys, I am new to excel formulas and I am struggling with a formula.

I have a line of text,of which I want to keep only the 2nd and 3rd word and remove the rest. for example: cell A1 contains 'I love reading books' . I want to write a formula/vba code whichever is easier to give output in B1 as 'love reading'.

Could someone help me with this? Thanks in advance :)
 

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Not sure what you want to happen if there are fewer than three words. Here's a potential solution:


Book1
AB
1I love reading bookslove reading
2Sometimes wbd rocks the cradlewbd rocks
3SingleSingle
4Two wordswords
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1=MID($A1,IFERROR(FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE($A1," ",CHAR(1),1)),0)+1,IFERROR(FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE($A1," ",CHAR(1),3)),LEN($A1)+1)-IFERROR(FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE($A1," ",CHAR(1),1)),0)-1)


WBD
 
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you could try this formula in B1 ...

=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1,1)+1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1,FIND(" ",A1)+2)-1)

Kind regards,

Chris
 
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at the moment I am able to remove the first word using formula RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))... Struggling with the remaining words.
 
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Hi, just another option - different result for the single word though.


Excel 2013/2016
AB
1I love reading bookslove reading
2Sometimes wbd rocks the cradlewbd rocks
3Single
4Two wordswords
Sheet2
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1=TRIM(LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1&" ")+1,999)," ",REPT(" ",999),2),999))
 
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Hi, just another option - different result for the single word though.

Excel 2013/2016
AB
I love reading books
Sometimes wbd rocks the cradlewbd rocks
Single
Two wordswords

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

[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF00"]love reading[/TD]

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

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

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

</tbody>
Sheet2

[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: 10"]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
[/TR]
</thead><tbody>[TR]
[TH="width: 10, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]B1[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=TRIM(LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1&" ")+1,999)," ",REPT(" ",999),2),999))[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Even this works wonders....easier to understand. Thank you so much for your help :)
 
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