assuming that the text is in cell "A1"
For your first query
=LEFT(A1,FIND("FOR",A1,1)-1)
for your second query
=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND("PURCHASE",A1,1)-8)
Thanks
Nishant
On Jun 13, 3:12 pm, ankur <ankurpande...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Friends
>
> there is text statement in one COLUMN
> for eg
>
> B1 RAVI IRON LTD FOR PURCHASE BILL NO. 19 DT. 09-04-2008
> B2 K.D.G.P STEEL PVT. LTD. FOR PURCHASE BILL NO. 05 DT. 03-04-2008
> C2 SRI KRISHNA ELECTRICALS FOR PURCHASE BILL NO. 01 DT. 04-04-2008
> D2 GUPTA BUILDING STORE FOR PURCHASE BILL NO. 12 DT. 04-04-2008
>
> i want to extract text left to the word " FOR" in new cell
> I want to extract text right to the word " bill No" in new cell
>
> i know the use of RIGHT & LEFT FUNCTION
>
> is there any formula to search the text in the cell and extract the text
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Have A Nice Time & Enjoy Life
>
> Regards:
> CMA Ankur Pandey
> (Someone Different)
>
> I'm not the best but i'm not like the rest~~
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