Excel Formula: Extract text from right until character
In this tutorial, it provides a formula to extract text from right of the given text until it meets a specified character, and explains the arguments of each formula.
Generic formula:
IFERROR(RIGHT(txt,LEN(txt)-SEARCH("$",SUBSTITUTE(txt," char","$",LEN(txt)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(txt,"char",""))))), txt) |
Arguments
Txt: the cell reference or text string you use. |
Char: the character you want to extract text from right until meet. |
Remark
If the formula does not find the specified character, it returns the original data.
How this formula work
For example, you need to extract the text from right of the text string in cell B3 until space, please use below formula:
=IFERROR(RIGHT(B3,LEN(B3)-SEARCH("$",SUBSTITUTE(B3," ","$",LEN(B3)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B3," ",""))))), B3) |
Press Enter key to extract the text.
Explanation
SUBSTITUTE functionis used to replace a text or character with a new one. Here the formula SUBSTITUTE(B3," ","") in the long formula replace the space with nothing, and returns “Gotolastcell”.
LEN function counts the number of characters in the given text. Now the LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B3," ","")) can be seen as LEN(“Gotolastcell”) returns 12.
Then the formula LEN(B3)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B3," ","")) returns 3. Then the formula SUBSTITUTE(B3," ","$",LEN(B3)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B3," ",""))) can be seen as SUBSTITUTE(B3," ","$",3), returns “Go to last$cell”.SEARCH function find the location of text in a given text. The formula SEARCH("$",SUBSTITUTE(B3," ","$",LEN(B3)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B3," ",""))))) can be seen as SEARCH("$","Go to last$cell") returns 11.
RIGHT function extract text from right side of text. Here RIGHT(B3,LEN(B3)-SEARCH("$",SUBSTITUTE(B3," ","$",LEN(B3)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B3," ",""))))) can be seen as
RIGHT(B3,LEN(B3)-11)
=RIGHT(B3,3)
=”cell”
IFERROR function is used to trap and deal with errors. Here if the formula does not found the character “ “, it returns the original data.
Sample File
Relative Formulas
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Here introduces the formula to extract n words from left side of a text string. - Add leaing zeros to fix length
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Relative Functions
- RIGHT function
Extract text from right side. - SUBSTITUTE function
Replace old text with new one. - LEN function
Get the number of characters in the text. - SEARCH function
Find the position of a specific character or substring from the given text string. - FIND function
Find a string within another string
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