take out a string

[harisonford]

how to take out a string

4,,,,y,5,,,,,,y,6,,,,,,,,,,,z
i want to take out all what
is between 5&y including 5&y
same for 6&z same for 4&y with one
formula regardless of the number of charactors in each ,just 5&y and anything in between,means the first number and the last number and anything in between regardless of the number of characters ,with one formula every time,and out them in a new cell of course

 

[gaurav23]

Hi,

Are 4&y,5&y and 6&z will always be there or it will also get replaced by some other characters.

 

[AlphaFrog]

<br /><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th><th>D</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style="font-weight: bold;;">Data</td><td style="font-weight: bold;;">Result</td><td style="font-weight: bold;;">Start Char</td><td style="font-weight: bold;;">End Char</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style=";">4,,,,y,5,,,,,,y,6,,,,,,,,,,,z </td><td style=";">4,,,,y,,6,,,,,,,,,,,z </td><td style="text-align: center;;">5</td><td style="text-align: center;;">y</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style=";">4,,,,y,5,,,,,,y,6,,,,,,,,,,,z </td><td style=";">4,,,,y,5,,,,,,y, </td><td style="text-align: center;;">6</td><td style="text-align: center;;">z</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</td><td style=";">4,,,,y,5,,,,,,y,6,,,,,,,,,,,z </td><td style=";">,5,,,,,,y,6,,,,,,,,,,,z </td><td style="text-align: center;;">4</td><td style="text-align: center;;">y</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B2</th><td style="text-align:left">=LEFT(<font color="Blue">A2,FIND(<font color="Red">C2,A2</font>)-1</font>)&MID(<font color="Blue">A2,FIND(<font color="Red">D2,A2,FIND(<font color="Green">C2,A2</font>)</font>)+1,999</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B3</th><td style="text-align:left">=LEFT(<font color="Blue">A3,FIND(<font color="Red">C3,A3</font>)-1</font>)&MID(<font color="Blue">A3,FIND(<font color="Red">D3,A3,FIND(<font color="Green">C3,A3</font>)</font>)+1,999</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B4</th><td style="text-align:left">=LEFT(<font color="Blue">A4,FIND(<font color="Red">C4,A4</font>)-1</font>)&MID(<font color="Blue">A4,FIND(<font color="Red">D4,A4,FIND(<font color="Green">C4,A4</font>)</font>)+1,999</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

 

[harisonford]

this does not work obviously