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    Lightbulb How do I separate a column that contains a variable number of digits and chars?

    Hello everyone,

    I have a column on a document that contains arrays in the following format: [variable_number_of_digits][variable_number_of_chars]. Example:

    123wordI
    3456word
    123wordw
    3456wordword
    65575word
    65784wordwordword

    How can I extract the numbers from that column? Note that the digits and chars are not mixed. I cannot use Split to columns or LEFT function due to the variable lenght. I managed, however, to separate them by filtering the column, manually checking the arrays containing only 3 digits, then I used LEFT function, then repeat for arrays with 4 digits, etc - but it takes a lot of time.

    Please help me solve this issue.



    Many thanks,
    Syno

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    Re: How do I separate a column that contains a variable number of digits and chars?

    See the attached file for the formula's .

    Dutch (for numbers)
    =ZOEKEN(99^99;--("0"&DEEL(A1;MIN(VIND.SPEC({0;1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8;9};A1&"0123456789"));RIJ($1:$10000))))
    Dutch (for text)
    =SUBSTITUEREN(SUBSTITUEREN(SUBSTITUEREN(SUBSTITUEREN(SUBSTITUEREN(SUBSTITUEREN(SUBSTITUEREN(SUBSTITUEREN(SUBSTITUEREN(SUBSTITUEREN(SUBSTITUEREN(A1;"1";"");"2";"");"3";"");"4";"");"5";"");"6";"");"7";"");"8";"");"9";"");"10";"");"0";"")
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    Re: How do I separate a column that contains a variable number of digits and chars?

    Wow, amazing.
    You saved me a lot of time!
    Many many many thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Is it too much if I ask you to explain the logic of the formula?

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    Re: How do I separate a column that contains a variable number of digits and chars?

    Thanks for the reply.

    Glad I could help.

    The explaining I leave to other forummembers.

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    Re: How do I separate a column that contains a variable number of digits and chars?

    to get the number (any digits)
    =LEFT(A1,SUMPRODUCT((ISNUMBER(--MID(A1,ROW($1:$10),1))*1)))
    to get the text
    =SUBSTITUTE(A1;LEFT(A1;SUMPRODUCT((ISNUMBER(--MID(A1;ROW($1:$10);1))*1)))

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