SD03*10 -how do I just get the numbers at the end in cell after *

[Helen Maguire]

,I have SD03*10 in a cell and I want in a separate cell, just to have the
numbers after the *. Obviously with lots of data, the digits after the *
could be 1 to many characters so I cannot use the Left function.

Any help would be greatly appreciated so I don't waste any more time!

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

On Wed, 12 May 2010 12:43:01 -0700, Helen Maguire <Helen

,I have SD03*10 in a cell and I want in a separate cell, just to have the
numbers after the *. Obviously with lots of data, the digits after the *
could be 1 to many characters so I cannot use the Left function.

Any help would be greatly appreciated so I don't waste any more time!

=MID(A1,FIND("*",A1)+1,255)

255 just needs to be some value that is at least as large as the length of your
longest value to be retrieved.
--ron

 

[HpyTrvlr69]

,I have SD03*10 in a cell and I want in a separate cell, just to have the
numbers after the *. Obviously with lots of data, the digits after the *
could be 1 to many characters so I cannot use the Left function.

Any help would be greatly appreciated so I don't waste any more time!

You could place this formula to the direct right of the cell that you want
to parse. "CELL" = the cell address to the left of the formula where the data
is stored.

=MID(CELL,FIND("*",CELL1)+1,LEN(CELL)-FIND("*",CELL,1))

Hope its not too complicated and that it helps. HpY

 

[L. Howard Kittle]

Data > Text to columns should work well...

Delimited > Other > * > Finish

HTH
Regrds,
Howard