Find words in a cell

neilabcd said:

Hi Experts,

i desperately need help with a formula here.
I have a huge data sheet with a column which has revelevt info in the below format -


<b>Excel 2010</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #BBB"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #DAE7F5" /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #DAE7F5;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>BL</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">9</td><td style="text-align: center;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;color: #9C0006;background-color: #FFC7CE;;">ISA Code/Category Code/Value List</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1112</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">    SMRTCITY-SMRTSSSS, ISAPG30-, GBSSECT-PUB03, zGrowth-ZSPCTY02</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1379</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">    GBSSECT-PUB01, ISAPG30-</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1381</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">    PROC-IGSPU, SMRTCITY-SMRTPSAF, ISAPG51-, GBSSECT-D&I02</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1382</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">    PROC-IGSPU, ISAPG51-, GBSSECT-D&I02</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1384</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">    PROC-IGSPU, ISAPG51-, GBSSECT-D&I02</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1387</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">    PROC-IGSPU, ISAPG51-, GBSSECT-D&I02</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:4.2em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #BBB;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #DAE7F5;color: #161120">2014 FY</p><br /><br />

i need to extract the below words and then use a vlookup to get what info i need.

Excel 2010
	G	H
2	D&I01	e-Borders
3	D&I02	Defence Modernisation
4	HEA01	Electronic Patient Records
5	GOV01	Intelligent Transport
6	GOV02	Police Analytics
7	GOV03	Police Command & Control
8	GOV04	Declaration Management
9	SS01	FOD/Self service
10	PUB01	Application Modernisation
11	PUB02	Fraud & Error
12	PUB03	CURAM
13
14	BAORFF	Fraud & Error
Sheet1

<p style="width:9em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #BBB;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #DAE7F5;color: #161120">Campaign Lookup</p><br /><br />

Foe ex, the first fig, has a cell with PUB03 in it, i need to extract this above list from the first column.

How do i do this?

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Peter_SSs said:

I assume that you are trying to extract the "words" shown in column G of the second table?

If so, how do you determine what a "word" is? For example, why isn't, say, ZSPCTY02 or PROC also extracted?

I suspect a formula may not be viable - would a macro be acceptable if a formula cannot be arrived at?

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neilabcd said:

Actually i have the List of codes and their names in the 2nd pic.
and so i only need to find those words.

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