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find a number in a cell
Yeah, that'll work. I didn't have time to dig any deeper and look for a
tweak. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote in message ... So, as long as the next character after the last number that is 12 "a" it will work! Well, not exactly... if the character is a "p", you will have the same problem (for the same reason). Here is a patch to your formula to fix this problem... =LOOKUP(1000,--MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(LOWER(A1),"a","z"),"p"," z"),MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&{0,1,2,3,4,5 ,6,7,8,9},SEARCH(" at ",A1))),ROW(INDIRECT("1:255")))) Yes, your formula is now longer, but it still is around half the size of the one I posted. Rick |
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find a number in a cell
I'm not 100% sure why this works, but it does seem to work. This formula
removes one of the SUBSTITUTE function calls and arrays the "find me" text (saving some 15 characters in the process)... and it seems to always return the correct answer too: =LOOKUP(1000,--MID(SUBSTITUTE(LOWER(A1),{"a","p"},"z"),MIN(FIND({ 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},SEAR CH(" at ",A1))),ROW(INDIRECT("1:255")))) Rick "T. Valko" wrote in message ... Yeah, that'll work. I didn't have time to dig any deeper and look for a tweak. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote in message ... So, as long as the next character after the last number that is 12 "a" it will work! Well, not exactly... if the character is a "p", you will have the same problem (for the same reason). Here is a patch to your formula to fix this problem... =LOOKUP(1000,--MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(LOWER(A1),"a","z"),"p"," z"),MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&{0,1,2,3,4,5 ,6,7,8,9},SEARCH(" at ",A1))),ROW(INDIRECT("1:255")))) Yes, your formula is now longer, but it still is around half the size of the one I posted. Rick |
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