Find a 7 character code in text strings of varying length

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Hi,

I've a list of item paths, each with a product code in them. The product code is always in the format AAA1111, but it's in a different place in each string, and each string is a differing length.

Can anyone think of a forumla that will extract that 7 character code? I have 6,500 lines so manual is not an option.

I've spoofed some X's into the end of the string to protect some of the data, but you can see there is always a code in the above format:


Thanks
 
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I removed that failed image code. Perhaps you can just type a few examples and the expected results. Otherwise, my signature block below has help on how to post some small sample data.
 
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Thank you, yeah I did it in quite a rush.

Here's the image:
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GavAdams said:
Here's the image:
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Unfortunately we cannot copy such image data to our sheets to test with, hence my other suggestion. :)

However, if the code is always followed by "/data/" as in all your samples, try this formula

=RIGHT(LEFT(A2,SEARCH("/data/",A2)-1),7)
 
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just for fun with PowerQuery

[Table="width:, class:head"]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Column1[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]Column1[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIGI_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_DIF3790/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]DIF3790[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_DIF3790/DIF3790/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td]DIF3790[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_AOO011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_DIF379O/DIF324O/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]DIF324O[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_AOO011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_DIF379O/DIF324O/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td]DIF324O[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_DIF3790/DIF3750/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]DIF3750[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_DIF3790/DIF3250/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td]DIF3250[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_AOOOH/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_DIR15GO/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]DIR15GO[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_11831296/DIF0730/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>[/td][td][/td][td]DIF0730[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_11831296/DIF0230/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]DIF0230[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_AOO011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_11831296/DIFO7GO/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>[/td][td][/td][td]DIFO7GO[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_11831296/DIF0770/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]DIF0770[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_11831296/DIF0240/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>[/td][td][/td][td]DIF0240[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_11831296/DIF0740/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]DIF0740[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00011/OBJ_SKU_FAMILY_11831296/DIF0250/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>[/td][td][/td][td]DIF0250[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00012/door-frames/0BJ_SKU_FAMILY_1791S035/BRI2900/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]BRI2900[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00012/door-frames/0BJ_SKU_FAMILY_1791S035/BRI2900/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td]BRI2900[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00012/door-frames/0BJ_SKU_FAMILY_1791S035/BRI2900/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]BRI2900[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00012/door-frames/0BJ_SKU_FAMILY_1791S035/BRI2900/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td]BRI2900[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00012/door-frames/0BJ_SKU_FAMILY_1791S035/BRI2900/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]BRI2900[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00012/door-frames/0BJ_SKU_FAMILY_1791S035/BRI2900/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td]BRI2900[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00012/door-frames/0BJ_SKU_FAMILY_1791S035/BRI2900/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]BRI2900[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00012/door-frames/0BJ_SKU_FAMILY_1791S035/BRI2900/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td]BRI2900[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]/Home/CLH_DIG l_CAT_A00002/CLH_DIGI_SUB_A00012/door-frames/0BJ_SKU_FAMILY_1791S035/BRI2100/data/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]BRI2100[/td][/tr]
[/table]

Code: 
[SIZE=1]// Table1
let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    Between = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {{"Column1", each Text.BeforeDelimiter(_, "/data"), type text}}),
    Last7 = Table.TransformColumns(Between, {{"Column1", each Text.End(_, 7), type text}})
in
    Last7[/SIZE]
 
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