Extract text from string

bgregware

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Hi All,

This is my first post on Mr. Excel and I have found this site to be extremely helpful. Im struggling to parse out information from a string of text.

Im struggling to be able to extract dimensional information from a description, below is a sample of descriptions and the expected output. Any help you can provide to write formulas for Dimensions 1, 2 & 3 would be excellent. Like I said this is my first post so if im missing key details please let me know.


DescriptionDimension 1Dimension 2Dimension 3
LAGOON 18-0 x 29-10 x 34-6 RIGHT18-029-1034-6
RECTANGLE 2FT RAD 16-0 x 38-016-038-0
KIDNEY 18-0 x 19-11 x 33-5 Left18-019-1133-5
TRUE-L 90DEG 18-0 x 42-0 x 42-0 RIGHT18-042-042-0
MOUNTAIN POND 17-0 x 23-4 x 45-0 LEFT17-023-445-0
OMNI 15-0 x 22-5 x 34-6 RIGHT15-022-534-6
RECTANGLE 6IN RAD 18-0 x 36-018-036-0
KIDNEY 18-0 x 20-0 x 33-8 LEFT18-020-033-8
TECH-RIO 14-3 x 16-10 x 28-6 Left14-316-1028-6
GEMINI 18-0 x 21-5 x 36-1 Left18-021-536-1
RECTANGLE 2FT RAD 18-0 x 36-018-036-0
PATRICIAN 6IN RAD 16-0 x 40-116-040-1
 

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Hi and welcome to MrExcel.

The example is perfect.
I hope the following works for you.

Book1
ABCD
1DescriptionDimension 1Dimension 2Dimension 3
2LAGOON 18-018-0  
3RECTANGLE 2FT RAD 16-0 x 38-016-038-0 
4KIDNEY 18-0 x 19-11 x 33-5 Left18-019-1133-5
5TRUE-L 90DEG 18-0 x 42-0 x 42-0 RIGHT18-042-042-0
6MOUNTAIN POND 17-0 x 23-4 x 45-0 LEFT17-023-445-0
7OMNI 15-0 x 22-5 x 34-6 RIGHT15-022-534-6
8RECTANGLE 6IN RAD 18-0 x 36-018-036-0 
9KIDNEY 18-0 x 20-0 x 33-8 LEFT18-020-033-8
10TECH-RIO 14-30 x 16-10 x 28-60 Left14-3016-1028-60
11GEMINI 18-0 x 21-5 x 36-1 Left18-021-536-1
12RECTANGLE 2FT RAD 18-0 x 36-018-036-0 
13PATRICIAN 6IN RAD 16-0 x 40-116-040-1 
Sheet4
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:D13B2=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(REPLACE($A2,1,FIND(" x ",$A2&" x ")-7,"")," x","")," ",REPT(" ",250)),250*COLUMNS($B1:B1),250))
 
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I'm glad to help you. Thanks for the feedback.
 
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