Function that can remove any characters before a first number in a string

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How to write a function that can remove any characters before a first number in a string ? For instances,

Serial1/1 will become 1/1
GIGE0/1/7:1 will become 0/1/7:1
Fast1/7/LT will become 1/7/LT
 

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How to write a function that can remove any characters before a first number in a string ? For instances,

Serial1/1 will become 1/1
GIGE0/1/7:1 will become 0/1/7:1
Fast1/7/LT will become 1/7/LT
Give this formula a try...

=MID(A1,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789")),99)
 
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How to write a function that can remove any characters before a first number in a string ? For instances,

Serial1/1 will become 1/1
GIGE0/1/7:1 will become 0/1/7:1
Fast1/7/LT will become 1/7/LT

B2, copied down:

=REPLACE($A2,1,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},$A2&"0123456789"))-1,"")
 
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B2, copied down:

=REPLACE($A2,1,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},$A2&"0123456789"))-1,"")

How to enhance this function to exclude remove any characters before a first number in a string and any characters after . or : ? for instance:

GigabitEthernet0/3.210 --> 0/3
Serial6/2:0.100 --> 6/2
Serial6/6:0 --> 6/6
 
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How to enhance this function to exclude remove any characters before a first number in a string and any characters after . or : ? for instance:

GigabitEthernet0/3.210 --> 0/3
Serial6/2:0.100 --> 6/2
Serial6/6:0 --> 6/6

Try...

B2, copied down:
Rich (BB code):
=REPLACE(LEFT(A2,MIN(FIND({".",":"},A2&".:"))-1),1,
  MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"0123456789"))-1,"")
 
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