Need help with formula

Russk68

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  1. 365
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  1. MacOS
Hello all,
I sort of know how to use LEFT and LEN but not in this case.
In this particular column (A), data always appears in this format with a number on the left and the number in brackets on the right. The numbers can be either 1 or 2 digit. So I just need to remove any digits to the left of the first space and any digits to the right of the last space.

The first line below shows the result of the formula=.
2 Mac Viper Profile 16 bit Extended (2) Formula=Mac Viper Profile 16 bit Extended
2 Mac Viper Profile 16 bit Extended (2)
3 Mac Aura Extended - Colour Calibration Off (3)
3 Mac Aura Extended - Colour Calibration Off (3)
3 Mac Aura Extended - Colour Calibration Off (3)



Your help is greatly appreciated!
 

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Brilliant! Works great!

I was hoping to be able to dissect a result to do my next task which is almost the same thing and learn something but I have failed.
Could you assist again?

I need to remove the trailing numbers in this Column D.

MVP16E 5 Formula=MVP16E
MVP16E 6
MAuraExF 1
MAuraExF 2
MAuraExF 3
 
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Sure thing. The first formula actually used the MID function rather than LEFT and RIGHT but your second request would be better suited with LEFT:

Code:
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1))
 
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