Is the length of the PREFIX consistent? that is: in your example, you're using wyl- and WMF- is it always 3 characters.
also, you said SOMETIMES the suffix is preceded by: "-" what is it otherwise? Is it always a 2 character suffix (if present)? Are you wanting a Excel Function solution? or VBA solution? Paul ________________________________ From: Diamond Dave <dpehr...@walbro.com> To: MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS <excel-macros@googlegroups.com> Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 12:44:09 PM Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Special Suffix Identification I have a series of numbers with the number of characters being variable and either Alfa or numeric, and sometimes characters are separated with a “-“, and some ending with -CH, -JP, -MX, -TH, -CC, - AF. What I want to do is in the next column, enter a suffix matching the list from above. Example: original number: wyl-927-TH would read TH, wyl-987 would be blank, WMF-123-MX would show MX Any help in sorting out this problem would be appreciated. if there is a formual that could be incorporated into a macro or just a stand alone macro either will work for me. Thanks Diamond Dave -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel
