get only the numbers from a cell

outlawspeeder

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  1. 2019
Looking for code to pull numbers from a cell that has text with the number. I have some users that do not understand that excel cannot do math on cells with text and numbers.

Thank

Column A
abc 33
~rdt 45
& 344 fkfk
ddd 23 ss
44 dd 33

Result
33
45
344
23
4433
 

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Column1Number
abc 3333
~rdt 4545
& 344 fkfk344
ddd 23 ss23
44 dd 334433

Rich (BB code):
let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    TS = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Number", each Text.Select([Column1], {"0".."9"})),
    TypeNum = Table.TransformColumnTypes(TS,{{"Number", type number}}),
    TSC = Table.SelectColumns(TypeNum,{"Number"})
in
    TSC
 
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You could also try

VBA Code:
Sub DeleteText()
Dim cell As Range
Dim ran As Range
On Error Resume Next
Set ran = Range("a2:a500") 'Suggested range
For Each cell In ran
    lOut = ""
    For i = 1 To Len(cell.Value)
        xTemp = Mid(cell.Value, i, 1)
        If xTemp Like "[0-9]" Then
            lStr = xTemp
        Else
            lStr = ""
        End If
        lOut = lOut & lStr
    Next i
    cell.Value = lOut
Next
End Sub
 
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Hello there. There are a number of sites that have this answer, I copied this function from one:
VBA Code:
Function GetNumeric(CellRef As String)
Dim StringLength As Integer
StringLength = Len(CellRef)
For i = 1 To StringLength
If IsNumeric(Mid(CellRef, i, 1)) Then Result = Result & Mid(CellRef, i, 1)
Next i
GetNumeric = Result
End Function
 
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Happy to help and thank you for letting us know you have a working solution. ;)
 
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