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Pull Last Word(s) After Last or First Instance of a Specified Character

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Excel Formula To Get Last Word(s) After Last/First Instance of a Specified Character In Any Cell

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Suppose you have the text "11003-blue-40 lbs" in Cell A1 and you need to get the last words/characters after the last occurrence of the dash (-), i.e. "40 lbs", you can use;

=MID(A1,FIND("=",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","=",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-",""))))+1,256)

If you need all the words/characters after the 1st occurrence of the dash (-), i.e. "blue-40 lbs", you can use;

=MID(A1,FIND("=",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-","=",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-",""))-1))+1,256)

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