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Extract Number If Text
I have data in the first column and I want a formula that will return the number before "min" in the 2nd column and the number before "secs" in the 3rd column.
| MIN | SEC | |
| 35 secs | #N/A | 35 |
| 40 secs | #N/A | 40 |
| 1 min 5 secs | 1 | 1 min 5 |
| 1 min 15 secs | 1 | 1 min 15 |
=IFERROR(IF(SEARCH("secs",A2),VALUE(MID(A2,IFERROR(SEARCH("min ",A2)+4,1),2))),NA())
anthonyc89 FILTERXML() may a good formula in this case.
=MAX(FILTERXML("<t><s>"&SUBSTITUTE(A2," ","</s><s>")&"</s></t>","//s"))Hianthonyc89,
see atached file.
MIN =
=IFERROR(IF(SEARCH("min",A2)>0,VALUE(LEFT(A2,SEARCH("min",A2)-2))),NA())SEC =
=VALUE(MID(A2,IFERROR(SEARCH("min ",A2)+4,1),2))dscheikey it works but if there is no "secs", its returning the "min" in the secs columns. See 2nd to the last row.
MIN SEC 35 secs #N/A 35 40 secs #N/A 40 1 min 5 secs 1 5 1 min 15 secs 1 15 30 secs #N/A 30 1 min 20 secs 1 20 1 min 1 1 45 secs #N/A 45 =IFERROR(IF(SEARCH("secs",A2),VALUE(MID(A2,IFERROR(SEARCH("min ",A2)+4,1),2))),NA())
As variant, for modern Excel
=--TEXTBEFORE(A2, " min",,,,0) =--LET( s, TEXTBEFORE(A2, " secs",,,,0), TEXTAFTER( s, "min ",,,,s) )
