How to Find Between 3rd & 5th Dash

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How to find with the help of formula between 3rd & 5th Dash ( Red Colored )
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try this:

Code:
=LEFT(MID(MID(A1,SEARCH("-",A1)+2,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("-",A1)),SEARCH(" ",MID(A1,SEARCH("-",A1)+2,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("-",A1)))+3,LEN(MID(A1,SEARCH("-",A1)+2,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("-",A1)))-SEARCH(" ",MID(A1,SEARCH("-",A1)+2,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("-",A1)))),SEARCH(" ",MID(MID(A1,SEARCH("-",A1)+2,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("-",A1)),SEARCH(" ",MID(A1,SEARCH("-",A1)+2,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("-",A1)))+3,LEN(MID(A1,SEARCH("-",A1)+2,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("-",A1)))-SEARCH(" ",MID(A1,SEARCH("-",A1)+2,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("-",A1)))))-1)
 
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Hi,

You can try this:

=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","*",3),"-","!",4),FIND("*",SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","*",3),"-","!",4))+1,FIND("!",SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","*",3),"-","!",4))-FIND("*",SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","*",3),"-","!",4))-1))
 
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For the particular data you are trying to retrieve, this formula should work...

=SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-",REPT(" ",200)),600,400))," ","-")
 
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Hi,

just to find the beginning of the red string: (the examples in column A)

Code:
in B1: =mid(A1;find("- ",A1, find("- ", A1)+1)+2)

regards
 
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Another option:
Code:
=TRIM(MID(A1,FIND("¬",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","¬",3))+1,FIND("¬",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","¬",5))-FIND("¬",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","¬",3))-1))
 
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