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How to extract decimal numbers from text string in Excel?

Supposing, there are some text strings which including some decimal numbers in your worksheet, how could you extract only the decimal numbers from the text strings quickly and easily? This article, I will talk about some handy tricks to solve this problem for you in Excel.

Extract decimal numbers from text string with formulas

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Here are some long formulas for you to extract decimal numbers from cells, please do as follows:

1. Enter this formula into a blank cell where you want to output the result: =LOOKUP(9.9E+307,--LEFT(MID(A2,MIN(FIND({1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0}, $A2&"1023456789")),999),ROW(INDIRECT("1:999")))), and then press Enter key to extract the decimal numbers, see screenshot:

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2. And then select the cell C2, and drag the fill handle down to the cells that you want to contain this formula, all the decimal numbers have been extracted from the text strings, see screenshot:

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Notes:

1. If there are more than one number within a cell, with above s formula, only the first number will be extracted.

2. Except the first normal formula, here is another array formula: =--MID(A2,MIN(IFERROR(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,".",","},A2),"")),COUNT(--MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A2,".",0),",",0),ROW($1:$99),1))), and then remember to press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys together to get the correct result. If there are more than one number within a cell, after applying this formula, an error value will be displayed.

3. These formulas also can extract the whole numbers as well.


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If you have Kutools for Excel, with its Extractnumbers function, you can quickly extract numbers only from text strings without remembering any formulas.

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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as follows:( Free Download Kutools for Excel Now! )

1. Click a cell where you want to locate the extracted number.

2. Then click Kutools > Kutools Functions > Text > EXTRACTNUMBERS, see screenshot:

3. In the Function Arguments dialog box, click doc extract decimal numbers 6 button besides TXT to select a cell that you want to extract number from, and then enter true or false into the N text box as you need, (True will return the numeric number, and False will return the text format.) see screenshot:

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4. Then click OK button, the number is displayed in the selected cell, and then you can select the cell and drag the fill handle down to the cells which you want to apply this function, all numbers have been extracted at once, see screenshot:

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Notes:

1. If there are more than one number within a cell, all numbers will be extracted together.

2. This function is only applied to extracting the whole number.

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