Extracting word from text string

[cmb80]

Hi all, i have random text strings which I need to extract the last part from in Excel.

The text string will be made up of code, but the word I need is always to the right of a prefix />

So for instance in A1 I have 76ruihfo:;.>6">/apple

I would want to extract "apple" from the string above into B1. Any help much appreciated

[tigeravatar]

cmb80,

I'm a bit confused, you say this:

but the word I need is always to the right of a prefix />

And then in your example string, that is not the case?

So for instance in A1 I have 76ruihfo:;.>6">/apple

Assuming you meant your example string to be: 76ruihfo:;.>6"/>apple
In cell B1, use this formula: =TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"/>",REPT(" ",99)),99))

[cmb80]

My mistake, and yes you were correct and that works perfectly :-)

Thanks a bunch

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