how to extract text between parentheses
Hi Smarthseet community,
Can you help to figure out how to extract text between two parentheses?
For example, ABCD(12345), I would like to extract 12345 in a different cell.
Here is my formula: =MID(Item@row, FIND("(", Item@row + 1, FIND(")", Item@row) - FIND("(", Item@row) - 1)))
It gave me "UNPARSEABLE" error message.
Any suggestions are well appreciated!!
Best Answer
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Try:
=MID(Item@row, FIND("(", Item@row)+ 1, FIND(")", Item@row) - (FIND("(", Item@row) - 1))
Mark
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Try:
=MID(Item@row, FIND("(", Item@row)+ 1, FIND(")", Item@row) - (FIND("(", Item@row) - 1))
Mark
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Thanks, Mark! It works!
Shuiyi
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Hi, Glad you found a solution. Thank you for contributing to the Community.
Mark
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Mark, what about a formula to eliminate the parenthesis text and order?
Ex: Perez (10148), Madison , I need to be "Madison Perez". Looking for a formula to do it.
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Hello - I was able to remove the parenthesis with the following:
=IFERROR(MID(Item@row, FIND("(", Item@row) + 13, FIND(")", Item@row) - (FIND("(", Item@row) - 0)), "No Match")
Constance Fetter (she/her/elle)
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I tried Mark's approach, and it left me with the final parenthesis as part of the result. I was able to fix that by moving where it subtracts from to the first FIND in the "num-chars" position of the initial MID function (IFERROR for blank rows when converting to a column formula):
=IFERROR(MID(Item@row, FIND("(", Item@row) + 1, (FIND(")", Item@row) - 1) - FIND("(", Item@row)), "")
Just wanted to pass this along in case anyone else got the same initial error I did, as this was a huge help for my current project!
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