Hi Ankur, Please find the solution in attached sheet. You need not use any formula. I did it only by using find & replace and then convert text to column.
Thanks & Regards, CA Narendra Ashara | M.Com., A.C.A. | -----Original Message----- From: excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:excel-mac...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ankur Sent: 13 June, 2009 3:43 PM To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ how to extract text from a cell? urgent need !!! 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~~ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Excel and VBA Tutorials(Video and Text), Free add-ins downloads at http://www.excelitems.com 2. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 3. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.vbamacros.blogspot.com 4. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com If you find any spam message in the group, please send an email to: Ayush Jain @ jainayus...@gmail.com or Ashish Jain @ 26may.1...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Book1.xls
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