Cutting off part of a word in one cell

[kmkpsu22]

Problem: I want to sort part #'s by type, but the # comes first so if I sort it will go by the parts number.

ex: Srg000241-A500
Srg000356-B3779

where A500=machine 1 and B3779=machine 2


I have a bunch of those parts and they all end in -_____. I want to sort by what comes after the dash. My idea was to search the cell for the dash, copy everything that comes after the dash and then paste it into a row of empty cells and then sort by this new row.

Can anyone help with this code?

Thanks!

 

[Richie(UK)]

Hi Kevin,

Assuming the original data is in A1 then add this to B1:

=MID(A1,FIND("-",A1)+1,999)

HTH

 

[Norie]

Try Data>Text to Columns... with - as a delimiter.

 

[poorwallace]

Ritchie,

I was looking at your formula and I don't quite follow how it functions...

=MID(A10,FIND("-",A10)+1,999)

I follow the formula up to the +1, but I don't understand the 999 part.

If you have time to post an explanation, I would really appreciate it. This is an interesting formula to me...

Thanks
Wally

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Ok, I get it....you used 999 as a really high number of characters to look up.