If column contains specific text, paste following text until specific text is reached again

cailthesnail

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Hi,

I've got a large dataset and I would like to create a formula that finds if a cell contains a specific string, but only copies what comes immediately after the string (no spaces) and nothing after that (stops when it hits a space). Then it would copy everything underneath the cell up to the point where a cell containg the specific string is reached again and paste all the information to another column/worksheet.

So for example,

train sub carxxxx-animal-farm moose
dog
cat
pig
monkey
horse
cowxxxx

Each line is a separate row.
if the string is xxxx, the output should be:

animal-farm
dog
cat
pig
monkey
horse

Where animal-farm is one cell and there's a cell directly underneath containing dog cat pig monkey horse

Does anyone know if this is possible?

Thanks,
Cail
 

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