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Hello guys,

Could you please help with this... Is it possible to do the following in excel:
I have similar cells to this in one column: Ford v-3652 burst (this is in one cell).
I would only like to display in a new cell the v-3652 number and not the rest.
This v-xxxx number is not always the second in a cell, can be the first or the last as well.
Any ideas how to separate them out?

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Hi DG83,

See if this formula can help you:

=MID(A1,SEARCH("v-",A1),6)

Assuming the following:
1. "v-" is not used elsewhere in cell
2. the extracted data is always 6 figures long

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Trowa
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Thanks so much! Would this work if the v-xxxx is the first or the last letters in the cell?
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Hi DG83,

It's up to you to see if this formula works for you.

But to answer your question, the folowing:
A v-3652
A v-3652 A
v-3652 A
Av-3652
Av-3652A
v-3652A
v-3652

Will all result in: v-3652

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Trowa
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Thanks Trowa!
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