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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...
=IFERROR(IF(SEARCH("secs",A2),VALUE(MID(A2,IFERROR(SEARCH("min ",A2)+4,1),2))),NA())
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())- It gives "2" because it can't find "min " (notice the space). change that to "min" instead but then you might have issues with the # characters so change the ,2 to ,3
OR try the FILTERXML formulas
Thank you dscheikey . This worked!
anthonyc89 alternatively:
min:
=IFERROR(--LEFT(A2,SEARCH("min",A2)-1),"")sec:
=IFERROR(--MID(LEFT(A2,SEARCH("sec",A2)-1),IFERROR(SEARCH("min",A2)+4,1),99),"")
