pull text inside a qoute

ExcelNewbie2020

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Office Version
  1. 365
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  1. Windows
Could an Excel formula be used to extract text from within a quotation mark? thank you in advance..



result​
the "2" quick "brown" fox "jump" over the "4 lazy dog"​
2​
brown​
jump​
4 lazy dog​
"12 brown dog", with lazy "fox"​
12 brown dog​
fox​
"1000 horsemen" gather​
1000 horseman​
 

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You can use FIND e.g. =FIND("""",A1,8) The 8 refers to the starting position, so it would increase progressively as examples of the quotation marks are found. Best to use a few helper cells. Does that help?
 
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You can use FIND e.g. =FIND("""",A1,8) The 8 refers to the starting position, so it would increase progressively as examples of the quotation marks are found. Best to use a few helper cells. Does that help?

thank you, i am looking that the result would look like these (will show the word or text inside the qoutation mark).
1668068591136.png
 
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Try :

=IFERROR(INDEX(TEXTSPLIT(A1,""""),,SEQUENCE(1,10,2,2)),"")
 
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Solution
To start you off, put the "2" quick "brown" fox "jump" over the "4 lazy dog" in cell A1
B1 =FIND("""",$A$1)+1
C1 =FIND("""",$A$1,B1+1)
D1 =C1-B1
E1 =FIND("""",$A$1,C1+1)+1
F1 =FIND("""",$A$1,E1+1)
G1 =F1-E1
H1 =MID(A1,B1,D1)
I1 =MID($A$1,E1,G1)
 
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