Separate cell data ( based on color)?

A_K

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Hi, I have downloaded the data in the table, and it came with the percent numbers (in grey) stuck to the volume numbers (in black). I have 400 rows like this and need two columns - one for volume numbers and the other for percent numbers. Because I have various numbers of characters in each row that need to be separated, I cannot use a LEFT/RIGHT formula. Is there an alternative way to separate these? two

Many thanks!
A_K

Product139(1%)
Product2398(10.16%)
Product3432(11.02%)
Product42756(70.3%)
Product5456(11.64%)
Product6457(11.66%)
Product7482(12.3%)
Product8328(8.37%)
Product92884(73.6%)

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Excel Facts

What does custom number format of ;;; mean?
Three semi-colons will hide the value in the cell. Although most people use white font instead.
The easiest way would be to use Text to Columns, with the bracket "(" as the delimiter. Or if you'd prefer a formula approach, try this:
C2:=LEFT(B2,FIND("(",B2)-1)
D2: =SUBSTITUTE(B2,C2,"")
 
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Can't you use these formulas in C1 and D1 copied down?

=LEFT(B1,FIND("(",B1)-1)+0
=REPLACE(B1,1,LEN(C1),"")+0
 
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Thank you, njimack, Andrew,

I have tried with the formulas - they work, but return negative values, because of the parenthesis. So eventually I used Text to Columns proposed by njimack and then replaced the remaining ")" with nothing.

Thank you for help!
 
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