Using "Left" function nested within a "Match" nested within an "Index" function

[JACOBB9900]

Hello,

I can't seem to figure out where to place the "Left" function in the below formula. Cell "EA7" contains a number followed by three letters. These letters will only always be one of the four. "Eng", "Out", "RWK", or "Cust". Not all the numbers in Column EA will be followed by these letters. My objective is for my formula to read the numbers only, hence the use of the "Left" function, and return the correct information to cell "R7" where the formula is located.The numbers in column "EA" are a mix of two digits and three digits. I would like to post a link to an example file but don't know how to do so. See formula below.

=IFNA(INDEX('Workbook Sheet1'!$C$3:$C$9000,MATCH(1,($D7='Workbook Sheet1'!$A$3:$A$9892)*($EA7='Workbook Sheet1'!$B$3:$B$9791),0)),"")

I understand this is not a lot to go off of but any help is appreciated and I am more than happy to provide any information needed.

Thank you.

 

[DanteAmor]

Upload an excel image:
https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/board-announcements/127080-guidelines-forum-use.html

Or. You could upload a copy of your file to a free site such www.dropbox.com. Once you do that, mark it for 'Sharing' and you will be given a link to the file that you can post here. If the workbook contains confidential information, you could replace it with generic data.

 

[kweaver]

How about this?

=IF(ISNUMBER(0+MID(EA7,3,1)),LEFT(EA7,3),LEFT(EA7,2))

 

[jasonb75]

Reading your post, I think that the suggestion above will suit what you need, but to enhance it a bit further if needed, this will extract the numeric part of any cell containing one of the 4 text strings regardless of the number of digits.

=LOOKUP(1E+100,VALUE(SUBSTITUTE(EA7,T(IF({1},{"Eng";"Out";"RWK";"Cust"})),"")))