mid/left/right?!?

Fazila

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I really should know this but I can't seem to figure it out, how can I extract the subject name from the following? The name will always be between "):" and ":"

2019: Year 10 TA1 (31 Oct 2018): English Literature: Effort: Name

The bit I want to extract is English Literature.

Thanks again :)
 

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If you have a list of cities in A2:A100, use Data, Geography. Then =A2.Population and copy down.
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=MID(A1,SEARCH("):",A1,1)+3,SEARCH(":",MID(A1,SEARCH("):",A1,1)+3,9999),1)-1)
 
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