pull numbers from text string

[michael.boucher]

I am trying to clean up an address table in excel. Here is example of
the row I am working with:

Northgate I Apt 342
Northgate I Apt 242
Apt 242 Northgate I
Apt 43 Northgate I

I want to take each address and create two new columns, one for
"Northgate I" and one for Apt###, with whatever apartment # is in the
cell. One of the problems is that the cells are not uniformly name/
apart#, but rather, in all sorts of combinations. There are never more
than 3 numbers after "Apt", and the numbers always come after "Apt"

Any help or advice would be great. I am also looking to learn some
VBA. Any websites or books you recommend for learning VBA for Excel?

Thanks,
Michael

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

I am trying to clean up an address table in excel. Here is example of
the row I am working with:

Northgate I Apt 342
Northgate I Apt 242
Apt 242 Northgate I
Apt 43 Northgate I

I want to take each address and create two new columns, one for
"Northgate I" and one for Apt###, with whatever apartment # is in the
cell. One of the problems is that the cells are not uniformly name/
apart#, but rather, in all sorts of combinations. There are never more
than 3 numbers after "Apt", and the numbers always come after "Apt"

Any help or advice would be great. I am also looking to learn some
VBA. Any websites or books you recommend for learning VBA for Excel?

Thanks,
Michael

Here's one way:

Download and install LOngre's free morefunc.xll add-in from
http://xcell05.free.fr/

Then, with data in A1, use these formulas:

Apt number
B1: =REGEX.MID(A1,"Apt\s*\d+")

Rest of string
C1: =TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,B1,""))
--ron

 

[T. Valko]

Try this using the built-in functions:

For the apt number:

A2 = Northgate I Apt 342

Formula entered in B2:

="Apt
"&LOOKUP(10^10,--MID(A2,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"0123456789")),ROW(INDIRECT("1:255"))))

For the name:

Formula entered in C2:

=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A2,B2,""))

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Biff

 

[michael.boucher]

Thanks for your help! Works well.

Here's one way:

Download and install LOngre's free morefunc.xll add-in from
http://xcell05.free.fr/

Then, with data in A1, use these formulas:

Apt number
B1: =REGEX.MID(A1,"Apt\s*\d+")

Rest of string
C1: =TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,B1,""))
--ron

 

[michael.boucher]

Thanks for your help! The first formula worked great. Tbe second
formula is simply returning whatever was in the first cell. I think
that is because the first formula returns "Apt###" and not "Apt ###"
which is what is A2.

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

Thanks for your help! Works well.

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback.
--ron

 

[T. Valko]

That's because the first formula got messed up due to line wrap. There is a
space after "Apt":

="Apt
"&LOOKUP(10^10.............

Should be:

="Apt "&LOOKUP(10^10............

Biff

 

[T. Valko]

Or, if you don't want "Apt ###" and just want the number by itself:

=LOOKUP(10^10,--MID(A2,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"0123456789")),ROW(INDIRECT("1:255"))))

Biff