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    Find Function or Something of the Like

    I am trying to apply a 'Find' Function or something of the like to Column B to completely isolate the 'NPI #:' for the information in Column A - any suggestions?
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    Re: Find Function or Something of the Like

    If it's the only group of digits in the string this UDF might help
    Function DigitsFirstID(s As String) As String
      'Harlan Grove, worksheet.functions, 2003-10-20
      'extract first string of  digits,  based on
      '-- http://google.com/groups?threadm=_RK...newsranger.com
        Dim i As Long, j As Long, n As Long
        n = Len(s)
        i = 1
        Do While i <= n And Mid(s, i, 1) Like "[!0-9]"
            i = i + 1
        Loop
        j = i + 1
        Do While j <= n And Mid(s, j, 1) Like "[0-9]"
            j = j + 1
        Loop
        DigitsFirstID = Mid(s, i, j - i)
    End Function

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    Re: Find Function or Something of the Like

    Thanks - can you apply that UDF to my file, I am not sure how to do so. Is that a possibility and then upload the file with the UDF added so I can see how it works with my information?

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    Re: Find Function or Something of the Like

    Open your file Hit ALT+F11 - Click Insert - Select "module" - Copy paste the code in this module then close the VBA editor.
    You now have a new function called "DigitsFirstID" that you can use as any other function, the argument being the string( something like =DigitsFirstID(A2)

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    Re: Find Function or Something of the Like

    I tried to apply the function - but it doesn't seem to be working - can you see what I did wrong?
    Thanks so much!
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    Re: Find Function or Something of the Like

    Try this in B2 & copy down.

    =IFERROR(LOOKUP(9E+300,MID(A2,SEARCH("NPI #",A2)+7,ROW(A$1:A$15))+0),"")
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    Re: Find Function or Something of the Like

    Amazing!
    Thanks

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    Re: Find Function or Something of the Like

    It's really valuable information for me, because I am new in excel.

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