Text String Extraction

[jbuchhorn]

Hi,

I have two related issues regarding the extraction of a portion of a text string which can be noted as 1) and 2) below.

1) In the case where I have some example inputs of R6.300, R10.300 & N10.300, I would like to be able to extract the numerical value proceeding the capital letter - in the case of my examples: 6, 10, 10 respectively. I have managed to make it work for each individual case (either N or R) but would ideally like a consistent formula that works for both (note that the number proceeding the letter ranges from single to double digit values only).

2) In the case where I have some example input R8, R8a, R10, R10a, R10b, I would like to be able to extract the numerical value proceeding the capital letter and terminates at either the end of the text, or the lower case letter - in the case of my examples: 8, 8, 10, 10, 10 respectively. I have managed to make it work for each individual (no letter following the number, a following the number, b following the number) but would ideally like a consistent formula that works for both (note that the number proceeding the capital letter ranges from single to double digit values only).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Jack

 

[jbuchhorn]

Hi, based on this and the examples from post#1 here is another option.

Excel 2013/2016

	A	B
R6.300
R10.300
N10.300
R8
R8a
R10
R10a
R10b

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFF00]#FFFF00[/URL] , align: right"]6[/TD]

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

[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]

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

[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]

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

[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]10[/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: 10px"]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
[/TR]
</thead><tbody>[TR]
[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]B1[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=IFERROR(MID(A1,2,2)+0,MID(A1,2,1)+0)[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

This is perfect, exactly what I want! Would you mind explaining how the worksheet formula works?

 

[FormR]

Would you mind explaining how the worksheet formula works?

Hi, if the MID(A1,2,2) can be coerced to a number using +0 then that is the result, else the result is the MID(A1,2,1) coerced to a number.