extract part of a cell's text

ty.sjomeling100911 · 08/21/19

Hello,

New smartsheet user here.

I have cells that contain dimensions of objects. A cylinder, for example, looks like this: Ø120*12. I need a way to extract just the text to the right of the *, in this case 12, to another cell. Another example: Ø18*1000 would return 1000.

How do you do this?

Thanks!

Andrée Starå · 08/21/19

Hi Ty,

Yes, there is.

In my example, I'm using the functions MID and RIGHT.

Try something like this for the first one.

=MID(Dimension@row; 2; 2)

The same version but with the below changes for your and others convenience.

=MID(Dimension@row, 2, 2)

Try something like this for the second one.

=RIGHT(Dimension@row; 4)

The same version but with the below changes for your and others convenience.

=RIGHT(Dimension@row, 4)

Depending on your country you’ll need to exchange the comma to a period and the semi-colon to a comma.

Did it work?

Hope that helps!

Have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

Paul Newcome · 08/21/19

I suggest using the RIGHT function and automating how many characters to pull so that you don't have to worry about hardcoding whether it is 4, 2, or 23.

=RIGHT(Dimention@row, LEN(Dimension@row) - FIND("*", Dimension@row))

.

The LEN function gives you the total count of characters. The FIND function looking for the asterisk gives you how many characters from the left the asterisk is found.

.

Ø120*12

is 7 characters long. Subtract the position of the asterisk (5), and you tell the RIGHT function to pull 2 digits.

Ø18*1000

is 8 characters long. Subtract the position of the asterisk (4), and you tell the RIGHT function to pull 4 digits.

.

This will maximize your automation by basing it off of the data itself instead of manual calculations.

.

If you were planning on using this data that you are pulling as actual numbers in the future as opposed to just displaying them as a text string, you would need to wrap the entire formula in a VALUE function.

=VALUE(RIGHT(Dimention@row, LEN(Dimension@row) - FIND("*", Dimension@row)))

Heather Duff · 12/14/21

@Paul Newcome As always, thank you for this - I was looking for a formula to pull only the text to the right of a character. I'm so thankful that you already had it written out for me!

PeggyLang · 01/25/23

@Paul Newcome I was looking for EXACTLY this solution! THANK YOU!!!!

=RIGHT(Dimention@row, LEN(Dimension@row) - FIND("*", Dimension@row))

Chizu Hieida · 04/05/23

@Paul Newcome thank you! this is what I needed!!! :)

=RIGHT(Dimention@row, LEN(Dimension@row) - FIND("*", Dimension@row))

Marilen.Navarro103391 · 06/17/23

@Paul Newcome

I need a way to extract just the text MEGA MALL. I have 3,000 rows like this one.

LOW - VS-87 - Service-FS Battery Replacement Lead-MEGA MALL-1259410

Paul Newcome · 06/20/23

@Marilen.Navarro103391 What are the consistencies in your text strings? Will it always be after the 5th "-"? Will it always follow "Lead-"? Will it always come immediately before the last "-"?

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