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Extract numbers from cell of mixed text string with function in Excel. Supposing there are cells mixed with text strings and numbers, and you need to extract numbers form the cells. 1. Select a blank cell besides original cells, for example Cell B1, and click Kutools > Kutools Functions > Text > EXTRACTNUMBERS. 2. In the throwing out Function Arguments dialog box, you need to: (1) In the Txt box, click the button to specify the cell from which you want to extract numbers.
There is a very nifty function you can use for this: RIGHT(). RIGHT() returns the last X characters of a certain string, based on a number of characters you specify. Like: RIGHT(text,num_chars). Say you want to remove the first 2 characters from a string in cell B1 you can use: =RIGHT(B1,LEN(B1)-2).Or in more general terms: =RIGHT(B1,LEN(B1)-[number of characters to remove]). LEN(B1) returns the length of the string in cell B1: 12 letters. 2  It then subtracts 2, in order to leave out the first 2 characters: 12-2=10. 3  Then RIGHT() takes the last 10 letters from the string and returns: marketsize. 4  In effect, this has removed the first 2 characters of the string.