Locate first number in a word-number string

SimonHughes

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  1. 365
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I have a list of data which contains words and numbers, for example, Cell A2 = "panels 260x260" or "bag filter 500x500". I need to strip out the numbers and put them into the column adjacent so "panel" or "bag filter" in column A and he dimension in column B. Any suggestions?
 

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

Words

Code:
=RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"0123456789"))+1)

Numbers
 
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That works perfectly, many thanks for your help, appreciated
 
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