Extract text from alphanumeric value using Excel Formula

Q : Mark asked if we can extract text from alphanumeric value using excel formula.

Solution : Suppose alphanumeric value is placed in cell A2.

Enter the following formula in cell B2.



How it works ?

The Microsoft Excel SUBSTITUTE function replaces a set of characters with another.

Trick : The above formula replaces 1 through 9 with blank value. Hence, all the numeric values are rubbed out from the alphanumeric string.

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6 Responses to "Extract text from alphanumeric value using Excel Formula"
  1. Yo need to update the formula as it does not remove number zero from text

    =SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE(+SUBSTITUTE(A2,"0",""),"1",""),"2",""), "3",""),"4",""),"5",""), "6",""),"7",""),"8",""),"9","")

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  2. Thanks a ton Deepanshu & Nitish Walia

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  3. THIS is what I need - but I need the numeric characters not alpha. Is there a formula?

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  4. Don't you think this is pretty terrible solution? What if you wanted only the characters a-zA-Z, would you suggest burying a2 in substitutes for the entire ascii table excluding the characters you want? This answer is ugly and only applicable to a very specific use case.

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