get ID

chaboyski

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Office Version
  1. 2016
Platform
  1. Windows
Hi Team,

just wanted to check how i can extract the ID on the sample below. i tried using =MID(E3,FIND("(",E3)+1,6) but the number of the characters varies.

i just need to extract the one inside the parethesis

test2.xlsx
EF
3Chavez, Vincent (chaboy)chaboy
4Sample, One (one)one)
5Sample, Three (three)three)
Sheet3
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
F3:F5F3=MID(E3,FIND("(",E3)+1,6)


thank you so much
 

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Excel Formula:
=SUBSTITUTE(MID(E3,FIND("(",E3)+1,100),")","")
 
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