How to pull data from a string of text

sd808

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Example data in a cell:
how can I help you 6/13/17 at 9am. its has been confirmed. Vehicles: G13-4577S G13-5465M G13-5543L G10-7050L G42-1669K
Please Install/De-Install the below vehicles: Old Vehicle: 2013 FORD FOCUS 1FADP3F2XDL375864 G13-2158M New Vehicle: 2017 FORD CMAX 1FADP5AU0HL115466 G13-2215U

I am trying to pull any data with "G13-4577S", "G10-7050L" and so on.... from a string of text but not always getting the data I need.

I"ve used the following formula but its not always pulling the above data out.

=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(O3," ",REPT(" ",100)),100))

any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Noticed you had not received any response. Just to provide something (while guessing at what you need) here's something...

how can I help you 6/13/17 at 9am. its has been confirmed. Vehicles: G13-4577S G13-5465M G13-5543L G10-7050L G42-1669KPlease Install/De-Install the below vehicles: Old Vehicle: 2013 FORD FOCUS 1FADP3F2XDL375864 G13-2158M New Vehicle: 2017 FORD CMAX 1FADP5AU0HL115466 G13-2215U
Look For:Found in Text?
G13-4577SYes
G10-7050LYes
abcNo

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Not sure what format you're looking for as a result but the quickest method is to use a UDF. Use [Alt]+[F11] to bring up the VBA editor and then select Insert>Module from the menu. Paste this code:

Code:
Private regEx As Object
Public Function GetVehicleCodes(inputString As String) As String

If regEx Is Nothing Then Set regEx = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")

Dim match As Object

With regEx
    .Pattern = "G[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}[A-Z]"
    .MultiLine = True
    .Global = True
    For Each match In .Execute(inputString)
        GetVehicleCodes = GetVehicleCodes & ", " & match.Value
    Next match
End With

If GetVehicleCodes <> "" Then GetVehicleCodes = Mid$(GetVehicleCodes, 3)

End Function

Then you can use this new function to extract the codes:


Book1
AB
1how can I help you 6/13/17 at 9am. its has been confirmed. Vehicles: G13-4577S G13-5465M G13-5543L G10-7050L G42-1669KG13-4577S, G13-5465M, G13-5543L, G10-7050L, G42-1669K
2Please Install/De-Install the below vehicles: Old Vehicle: 2013 FORD FOCUS 1FADP3F2XDL375864 G13-2158M New Vehicle: 2017 FORD CMAX 1FADP5AU0HL115466 G13-2215UG13-2158M, G13-2215U
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1=GetVehicleCodes(A1)


WBD
 
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Alternatively, to extract them into separate columns:


Book1
ABCDEF
1how can I help you 6/13/17 at 9am. its has been confirmed. Vehicles: G13-4577S G13-5465M G13-5543L G10-7050L G42-1669KG13-4577SG13-5465MG13-5543LG10-7050LG42-1669K
2Please Install/De-Install the below vehicles: Old Vehicle: 2013 FORD FOCUS 1FADP3F2XDL375864 G13-2158M New Vehicle: 2017 FORD CMAX 1FADP5AU0HL115466 G13-2215UG13-2158MG13-2215U
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1=GetVehicleCode($A1,COLUMNS($B$1:B$1))


Code:
Private regEx As Object
Public Function GetVehicleCode(inputString As String, index As Long) As String

If regEx Is Nothing Then Set regEx = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")

Dim matches As Object

With regEx
    .Pattern = "G[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}[A-Z]"
    .MultiLine = True
    .Global = True
    Set matches = .Execute(inputString)
End With

If index <= matches.Count Then GetVehicleCode = matches(index - 1).Value

End Function

WBD
 
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Thank you wideboydixon - worked like a charm!!!

not sure what format you're looking for as a result but the quickest method is to use a udf. Use [alt]+[f11] to bring up the vba editor and then select insert>module from the menu. Paste this code:

Code:
private regex as object
public function getvehiclecodes(inputstring as string) as string

if regex is nothing then set regex = createobject("vbscript.regexp")

dim match as object

with regex
    .pattern = "g[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}[a-z]"
    .multiline = true
    .global = true
    for each match in .execute(inputstring)
        getvehiclecodes = getvehiclecodes & ", " & match.value
    next match
end with

if getvehiclecodes <> "" then getvehiclecodes = mid$(getvehiclecodes, 3)

end function

then you can use this new function to extract the codes:

ab
how can i help you 6/13/17 at 9am. Its has been confirmed. Vehicles: G13-4577s g13-5465m g13-5543l g10-7050l g42-1669kg13-4577s, g13-5465m, g13-5543l, g10-7050l, g42-1669k
please install/de-install the below vehicles: Old vehicle: 2013 ford focus 1fadp3f2xdl375864 g13-2158m new vehicle: 2017 ford cmax 1fadp5au0hl115466 g13-2215ug13-2158m, g13-2215u

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wbd
 
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Thank you so much. What you have provided has helped. I am stuck on the last piece with separate the vehicle numbers into its own cells. :mad:
 
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