How to extract string between two different characters in Excel?

If you have a list of string in Excel which you need to extract part of string between two characters from as below screenshot shown, how to handle it as quickly as possible? Here, I introduce some methods about solving this job.

Extract part string between two different characters with formulas

Extract part string between two same characters with formulas

Extract part string between two characters with Kutools for Excel

Extract part string between two different characters with formulas

To extract part string between two different characters, you can do as this:

Select a cell which you will place the result, type this formula =MID(LEFT(A1,FIND(">",A1)-1),FIND("<",A1)+1,LEN(A1)), and press Enter key.

Note: A1 is the text cell, > and < are the two characters you want to extract string between.

Extract part string between two same characters with formulas

If you want to extract part string between two same characters, you can do as this:

Select a cell which you will place the result, type this formula =SUBSTITUTE(MID(SUBSTITUTE("/" & A3&REPT(" ",6),"/",REPT(",",255)),2*255,255),",",""), and press Enter key.

Note: A3 is the text cell, / is the character you want to extract between.

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If you have Kutools for Excel, you also can extract part string between two texts.

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1. Select a cell which will place the extracted string, then click Kutools > Formula > Formula Helper.

2. In the Formula Helper dialog, .check Filter checkbox, then type "ex" into the textbox, all formulas about extracting will be list in Choose a formula section, choose Extract strings between specified text, then go to right Arguments input section, select the cell which you want to extract substring from into Cell, then type the two texts you want to extract between.

3. Click Ok, then the substring between two texts you specified has been extracted, drag fill handle down to extract subtring from each cells below.

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britech · 13 days ago
[A:174, Theater Street, Harbin, 78485][N:A H Hoteles][I:HID-535342][N:45.00€][C:32156][C:Category_4]

How I extract 45.00e or 32156? Thanks so much
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  Sunny · 9 days ago
  
  Hi, britech, I do not understand your question. Do you mean to extract 45.00e and 32156 seperately from this long string:[A:174, Theater Street, Harbin, 78485][N:A H Hoteles][I:HID-535342][N:45.00€][C:32156][C:Category_4]? Is all your data in the same length and format? Please give me more details, thank you.
  
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graytech · 5 months ago
So first of all, thanks for the formula. It helped. How, I am wanting to format the output a bit. I have a cell in Excel that has this link in it: --> https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+create+hyperlink+in+excel+cell&oq=how+to+create+hyperlink+in+excel+cell&aqs=chrome..69i57.7896j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 <--

I need to format the output to remove and replace the "+" with a space. How can I modify the above formula to add formatting as well?
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  Sunny · 22 days ago
  
  Hi, graytech, you can use the Find and Replace function. Select the cell you use, press Ctrl + H keys to enable the Find and Replace dialog, then type + into the textbox of Find_what, type a space into the textbox of Replace_with, click Replace All button.
  
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Oleg · 8 months ago
Let say I have a formulate like the one below in a cell. And I wish to do a search function with Formulatext to find "oper" and then extract the number before and after the "*". Is it possible to do that in excel?

=(1*LABFSW*4+4*LABSW*8+1*OPER14SW*8+1*TEAMSW*8)/H35
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  Sunny · 7 months ago
  
  Hi, Oleg, do you mean to extract all numbers before and after the text "oper"? If so, sorry I have no idea.
  
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Terry · 9 months ago
Hello! That magical formula worked for me! Thanks a lot :)
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Matt · 9 months ago
Hello, unfortunately the formula is not working for me. I have my base text as: {"results":[{"id":0,"value":"TEXTA"},{"id":1,"value":"TEXTB"}]}. I want a single formula that will extract TEXTA, with TEXTA as an unknown length. How can I do this? Thanks
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  Sunny · 9 months ago
  
  Hello, Matt, you mean you need to extract the string between the forth "" characters? If so, sorry that is no formula I can find to solve.
  
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mohamed abdelraouf · 1 years ago
i had cell had numbers & characters ( 2 doll ; 5 boy toy ; 4 lines ) in need to extract 5 boy toy from this cell
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Bret · 1 years ago
How would I extract something between two symbols, but with multiple identical symbols.Example: say A2 is the following: David~Spanish~Texas~0534~Eighth~3421. Say I wanted to extract "Texas" or the third entry in the string. Is that even possible?
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  Sunny · 1 years ago
  
  Hi, Bret, you can try the formulas to extract substring.
  FIND("~",O1,FIND("~",O1,FIND("~",O1)+1)+1) to find the position of the third ~ in the string
  FIND("~",O1,FIND("~",O1,FIND("~",O1,FIND("~",O1)+1)+1)+1) to find the psition of the forth ~ in the string
  MID(O1,P1+1,Q1-P1-1) extracts substring between third ~ and forth ~.
  
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Luke · 1 years ago
In the section "Extract Part String Between Two Same Characters With Formulas";
I am trying to make a formula that extracts text after two of the same characters, i.e. extract text after / and / (which would be Judy in this case).
This is what I've got so far;
=TRIM(MID(Actions!C2,FIND(";",SUBSTITUTE(Actions!C2,";";",3))+1,255))

Any Tips, would be appreciated?
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jal · 1 years ago
how to get this between this character and refer to?
Example: 12345D76765
I want to get that "D" and this D is refer to "Daily"
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Saravana Kumar · 2 years ago
Hi,

U21-CMI0001-1A

How to get this between this character "CMI0001"?
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  Sunny · 1 years ago
  
  Hi, I do not understand your question. Do you want to extract CMI0001 from U21-CMI0001-1A or want to convert CMI0001 to U21-CMI0001-1A?
  
  Extract: =MID("U21-CMI0001-1A",5,7)
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  Convert: ="U21"&"-"&"CMI0001"&"-"&"1A"
  
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